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How Ireland dominated UK beef imports

Generous export supports from both the British and Irish governments underpinned the massive expansion in beef exports from Ireland to the UK in the 1960s.

NEWS 18 March 2026

How Ireland dominated UK beef imports

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Editorial: important to get views across as deadline for CAP submissions looms

Editorial: important to get views across as deadline for CAP submissions looms

VIEWPOINTS 11 March 2026

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

NEWS 11 March 2026

Minister urges caution on land leases as the end looms for entitlements

Minister urges caution on land leases as the end looms for entitlements

Minister urges caution on land leases as the end looms for entitlements

NEWS 22 January 2026

96% of 2025 ACRES advance payments issued

96% of 2025 ACRES advance payments issued

96% of 2025 ACRES advance payments issued

SCHEMES 21 January 2026

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Average income payment of €240/ha needed in next CAP - IFA

Average income payment of €240/ha needed in next CAP - IFA

The IFA is looking for the maximum average payment rate possible in area-based income supports in the next CAP, but warned that further national funds will be needed for other CAP schemes.

NEWS 16 July 2025

Meat factories want next CAP to go big on headage to shore up supplies

Meat factories want next CAP to go big on headage to shore up supplies

Meat factories have told the Oireachtas that 2025 has been one of their most difficult years and that CAP funds should be focused on what it deemed ‘commercial’ farmers.

NEWS 16 July 2025

New farm payment law approved by MLAs

New farm payment law approved by MLAs

A motion in Northern Ireland Assembly to approve new regulations for the new Farm Sustainability Payment came down to a vote on Tuesday.

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 July 2025

Only a ‘small percentage’ of farmers to face CAP payment limits

Only a ‘small percentage’ of farmers to face CAP payment limits

The Commission has said that coupled payments and investment aid can plug the gap left by a reduction of income supports for the largest 4% of the EU's farmers.

NEWS 16 July 2025

Former MP salutes ordinary family farms

Former MP salutes ordinary family farms

In a new book, former Tory MP Rory Stewart outlines many of the challenges facing family farms in the north west of England and beyond.

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 July 2025

Average dairy income to reach €140,000, new report finds

Average dairy income to reach €140,000, new report finds

“Agricultural input markets have been relatively stable in 2025, with only modest price changes likely for the year as a whole,” Teagasc said.

NEWS 16 July 2025

Headage payments back on the cards in CAP

Headage payments back on the cards in CAP

Adam Woods takes a look at the leaked draft CAP proposals and what they might mean for suckler farmers in the next round of CAP

MARKETS 16 July 2025

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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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