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CropsA €5.5 million Horizon Europe project led by the University of Leeds will screen more than 130 soyabean, lupin and alfalfa lines, try the best on 40 farms and in pig, poultry and fish feed.
CropsWith winter cereals sown in ideal conditions, agronomists advise walking crops now and counting plants per square metre with a quadrat, a pipe ring or a metre stick to fine-tune next year's seed rates.
VegetablesOrganic carrot grower Philip Draper says irrigation got this year's harvest started on time, and that machinery, storage and staff now cost far more as Ireland is left with nine commercial growers.
LivestockPneumonia kills 3 percent of calves born and is the commonest cause of death in calves under 10 months; colostrum, hygiene, ventilation, sensible stocking and vaccination are the main defences.
LivestockThe agriculture department reports 36 cattle and 3 sheep cases; mild winters may keep the biting midges that spread the virus active beyond the usual April to November risk period.
CropsWinter wheat averaged 3.85 tonnes an acre against 4.3 last year, a wet January and summer drought hit crops, and malting barley quality suffered as tillage farmers face high costs and poor prices.
AgribusinessIrish agriculture minister Martin Heydon has confirmed a €46.2 million scheme, combining EU exceptional aid with a 200 percent national top-up, to pay farmers €40 a tonne on fertiliser bought in the 2025 season, without any application, before the end of 2026.
LivestockIreland's agriculture department has confirmed further bluetongue cases, bringing the total to 28 herds in 11 counties, 26 of them cattle and two sheep, with Wexford hardest hit; farmers and vets are urged to report suspect cases.
AgribusinessTeagasc's final National Farm Survey puts average Irish family farm income at EUR 54,606 in 2025, with dairy at EUR 154,988 and suckler farms at a record EUR 23,291, though costs stayed high.
OpinionIn a signed Agriland column, Richard Halleron argues that with record tax revenues and Ireland holding the EU presidency, Budget 2027 and the CAP talks are the moment to back production agriculture.
OrganicA European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture report argues that input costs, bovine TB, water pollution and the decline of young farmers share roots that a shift to regenerative farming could address.
A herd of 12 Droimeann cattle, an endangered Irish breed, has moved to the Ardtornish estate in the Scottish Highlands to break up bracken and help native woodland plants recover.
AgribusinessAgriculture Minister Martin Heydon told the Dáil that most hold-ups in TAMS 3 farm investment grants stem from incomplete applications, as over 55,000 approvals and 193 million euro in payments have issued.
