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Extension to CAP reform public consultation by Minister Heydon

The Minister has said that the consultation will now remain open until 27 March 2026.

NEWS 20 March 2026

Extension to CAP reform public consultation by Minister Heydon

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Four Irish food producers secure €10m Tesco UK and EU contracts

Four Irish food producers secure €10m Tesco UK and EU contracts

NEWS 20 March 2026

ICOS calls on Government to suspend CBAM immediately

ICOS calls on Government to suspend CBAM immediately

NEWS 20 March 2026

Better targeted supports needed for volatile farm incomes, report finds

Better targeted supports needed for volatile farm incomes, report finds

Better targeted supports needed for volatile farm incomes, report finds

NEWS 19 March 2026

Australian trade deal another concern for beef and sheep farmers - IFA

Australian trade deal another concern for beef and sheep farmers - IFA

Australian trade deal another concern for beef and sheep farmers - IFA

NEWS 18 March 2026

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Minister has no plans to reopen ACRES

Minister has no plans to reopen ACRES

Almost 54,000 farmers are currently enrolled in tranches one and two of the ACRES scheme.

SCHEMES 6 March 2026

Co-ops secure derogation on supply contracts

Co-ops secure derogation on supply contracts

The Irish dairy sector had sought a total exemption from new EU regulations around supply contracts but this was rejected by Brussels.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Calf price update: prices move upwards as numbers spike

Calf price update: prices move upwards as numbers spike

After slipping the previous week, strong demand from both home and abroad appears to have given calf prices a bounce over the last seven days reports Tommy Moyles.

MARKETS 6 March 2026

Two- and three-crop rules remain in place for majority of farmers

Two- and three-crop rules remain in place for majority of farmers

Here is a recap of crop diversification requirements for the season ahead. The rules are prohibitive but have to be enforced.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Opinion: beef industry has come a long way

Opinion: beef industry has come a long way

Ireland in the 1980s has been described as a different country and the same could be said about the beef industry.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Co-ops get derogation from new EU supply contract rules

Co-ops get derogation from new EU supply contract rules

But efforts by the Irish co-ops to secure an exemption from the new Common Market Organisation regulations are rejected by Brussels.

NEWS 6 March 2026

First decline in China’s annual beef imports

First decline in China’s annual beef imports

The drop in volume is small, but it marks a turning point in the upward trend of China's apparent insatiable appetite for beef imports.

NEWS 6 March 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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