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The Farming Week: Mercosur latest, Athlone protest and Ireland’s favourite tractor

The Farming Week: Mercosur latest, Athlone protest and Ireland’s favourite tractor

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

EU set to sign Mercosur deal;

Over 20,000 farmers attend anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone;

Beef factory fined 18 times for carcass trim breaches in 2025;

Kepak reviews 'beef deboning and cutting operations' at Clonee site;

Chinese market to reopen to Irish beef exports;

Call for voluntary milk reduction scheme as prices drop;

Prices of pints and postage to increase;

What is Ireland’s favourite make of tractor?

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

The Farming Week: Calls for Bord Bia chair to be removed, Mercosur deal delayed, Eco Scheme changes

The Farming Week: Calls for Bord Bia chair to be removed, Mercosur deal delayed, Eco Scheme changes

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Calls for Bord Bia chair to be removed;MEPs refer Mercosur deal to Europe’s top court;Over 400t of Mercosur beef imported to Ireland in 2025;No recovery in factory cattle supply expected this year;338 jobs at risk as ABP to cease retail packing at Dungannon site;TB Action Plan changes set to kick in this April;Farmers could face ‘more regulations’ under proposed Eco Scheme changes;Gurteen College’s new tractor fleet.

23 Jan 2026

The Farming Week: Mercosur latest, Athlone protest and Ireland’s favourite tractor

The Farming Week: Mercosur latest, Athlone protest and Ireland’s favourite tractor

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:EU set to sign Mercosur deal;Over 20,000 farmers attend anti-Mercosur protest in Athlone;Beef factory fined 18 times for carcass trim breaches in 2025;Kepak reviews ‘beef deboning and cutting operations’ at Clonee site;Chinese market to reopen to Irish beef exports;Call for voluntary milk reduction scheme as prices drop;Prices of pints and postage to increase;What is Ireland’s favourite make of tractor?

15 Jan 2026

The Farming Week: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

The Farming Week: Mercosur saga, Irish food exports, and 4,000 cattle wanted for live export

Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O’Brien and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Mercosur deal reaching culmination;Possible boost in farm payments in new CAP;Irish agri-food exports hit record levels;4,000 male cattle wanted for new live export contract;Agriculture remains most dangerous sector to work in.

8 Jan 2026

The Farming Week: Mercosur protests, planning update, disease watch and milk cheques

The Farming Week: Mercosur protests, planning update, disease watch and milk cheques

Francess McDonnell, Kathleen O’Sullivan, Cathal O’Shea and Breifne O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Mercosur votes and protests;Bluetongue vaccines and cases;New planning exemptions for farmers;Work permit quotas;Milk cheque reductions;BVD Action Plan 2026;Boost for Agri-Food RegulatorDon’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.

18 Dec 2025

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation confirmed, bluetongue latest, Irish whiskey sales

The Farming Week: Nitrates derogation confirmed, bluetongue latest, Irish whiskey sales

Charles O’Donnell, Francess McDonnell, Cathal O’Shea and Joe Griffin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Nitrates derogation confirmed;New Nitrates Action Programme finalised and what it means for slurry storage;Farm scheme payments round up;Latest on Mercosur;No cattle at Winter Fair due to bluetongue;Record sales for Irish whiskey.

11 Dec 2025

The Farming Week: Bluetongue, derogation developments, and farm incomes

The Farming Week: Bluetongue, derogation developments, and farm incomes

Charles O’Donnell and Kathleen O’Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:Bluetongue outbreak in Northern Ireland;Bird flu in Cavan;Developments on the nitrates derogation;Payments get underway for several schemes;Outlook for 2026 farm incomes;Department confirms several ACRES changes.

4 Dec 2025