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Farm Tech Talk: Mercosur, CAP and derogation

Tune into this week's Farm Tech Talk hosted by Stephen Robb.

NEWS 9 January 2026

Farm Tech Talk: Mercosur, CAP and derogation

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Dairy Management: soil sampling, slurry and conference season

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Editorial: slurry rules adherence

Editorial: slurry rules adherence

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Commodity prices at play when it comes to land leases

Commodity prices at play when it comes to land leases

Commodity prices at play when it comes to land leases

PROPERTY 30 December 2025

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

Department update stocking rate rules

MANAGEMENT 30 December 2025

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Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2026

Ten reasons to be optimistic about 2026

There’s plenty to be positive about in farming as a new year dawns.

NEWS 17 December 2025

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

Tirlán supplier Séamus Brennan is in derogation and using the Farming for Water EIP to draw down funding to create new water quality measures on his land.

NEWS 17 December 2025

Opinion: Heydon's first year sailed through mostly calm waters

Opinion: Heydon's first year sailed through mostly calm waters

Martin Heydon described becoming the Minister for Agriculture as the "dream job" for a Kildare farmer-come-politician. But how has his first year in office been?

NEWS 17 December 2025

Pointed message in Taoiseach's rounded comments

Pointed message in Taoiseach's rounded comments

Why did Micheál Martin say what he said about Mercosur being negotiated 'in the round' alongside the nitrates derogation and CAP.

DEALER 17 December 2025

Independent Ireland to hold anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone

Independent Ireland to hold anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone

The national event against the trade deal between the EU and the South American trading bloc will take place on Saturday 10 January in Athlone.

NEWS 17 December 2025

Government looking at Mercosur deal ‘in the round’ with nitrates derogation

Government looking at Mercosur deal ‘in the round’ with nitrates derogation

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking in Brussels on Thursday on the Mercosur deal and the nitrates derogation.

NEWS 17 December 2025

Next steps for the derogation war

Next steps for the derogation war

Aidan Brennan looks ahead to some of the challenges facing Ireland as it embarks on the plan to retain the derogation after 2028.

NEWS 17 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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