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€21.5m in EU farm crisis funds headed to three member states

Over €20m in CAP crisis funds are headed to Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary to compensate farmers for poor weather in 2025.

NEWS 1 April 2026

€21.5m in EU farm crisis funds headed to three member states

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Australia’s beef production forecast to increase in 2026

Australia’s beef production forecast to increase in 2026

NEWS 27 March 2026

Farmer Writes: no turnout for at least another six weeks

Farmer Writes: no turnout for at least another six weeks

FARMER WRITES 17 March 2026

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

WORLD 25 February 2026

Gene-editing, new genomic techniques - what, why and how they are different?

Gene-editing, new genomic techniques - what, why and how they are different?

Gene-editing, new genomic techniques - what, why and how they are different?

NEWS 28 January 2026

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Farmer Writes: running a dairy farm has been difficult this year

Farmer Writes: running a dairy farm has been difficult this year

English dairy farmer Joe Collingborn reflects on a tough year for dairy farming.

NEWS 24 September 2025

Unlocking Ireland’s agri food edge

Unlocking Ireland’s agri food edge

During her travels Nuffield scholar Molly Garvey found that collaboration between farmers, organisations and policy makers is still possible even across deep divides.

L2 24 September 2025

Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

Dairy Day 2025 - surviving dry summers

Daire Cregg reports from the Dairy Day 2025 panel discussion on surviving dry summers with an insight from both Ireland and New Zealand.

MANAGEMENT 24 September 2025

Dairy Day: 'the reseeds were green and everything else was yellow'

Dairy Day: 'the reseeds were green and everything else was yellow'

The frequency of pasture renewal is key to surviving drought periods, farmers heard at Dairy Day in UL on Saturday.

NEWS 24 September 2025

Extreme weather set to test Ireland's economic resilience

Extreme weather set to test Ireland's economic resilience

More investment is needed in adapting to climate change, a newly published report has outlined.

NEWS 24 September 2025

Suppliers attend ‘boisterous’ Dairygold meeting on milk price

Suppliers attend ‘boisterous’ Dairygold meeting on milk price

Dairygold farmers left a meeting on Thursday under no illusion that Dairygold’s milk price is only going in one direction between now and Christmas.

NEWS 24 September 2025

Profit climbs 10% at Origin Enterprises

Profit climbs 10% at Origin Enterprises

Growth was helped by improved winter planting in UK and Ireland

NEWS 24 September 2025

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What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

For dairy farmers Leslie and Sam Caldbeck, producing high-quality silage is central to how their Kilkenny farm performs.

What exactly is contributing to high-quality silage in Kilkenny

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