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Protecting Payments

  • Business as usual for BISS, CRISS and Eco Scheme
  • What is the ‘eye in the sky’ doing in 2025
  • Securing €75/calf in the Beef Welfare Scheme
  • Key ACRES actions for 2025
  • Big year for genotyped ram action in Sheep Improvement Scheme
  • Avoiding the pitfalls when applying to TAMS III
  • Protein payment of up to €600/ha in 2025
  • Securing €300/ha in Multispecies Sward and Red Clover Measures
  • Over 18,000 farmers opt for Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme
  • What to expect: young farmers scheme inspection
  • News headlines (ROI)

  • Exporters war over weanlings – we reveal what is driving the reade
  • Import tax set to hit fertiliser
  • Average calf prices up to triple last year’s value – we have a full price analysis
  • Heydon rules out land use
  • Record demand for straw chopping
  • Sales of fertiliser rebound by 106%
  • Milk output is running 6-10% ahead of 2024
  • Over 26% of cattle kill this year from finishing units
  • How big of a slice do the top 20% take from CAP?
  • Find how much Revenue has taken in zoned land taxes
  • Focus – Sheep 2025

  • Overview of the day
  • See the full site map of Sheep 2025
  • Get information on what demos to expect on the day
  • Agribusiness

  • What does the future of global dairy markets look like?
  • New factory beef price tracker
  • Livestock

  • Fewer cows streamline Tipp operation
  • Grass quality must be the main priority
  • No one could have predicted what would unfold in the calf trade in 2025
  • Tillage

  • Minding the soil and enjoying farming
  • Winter cereals and fodder beet thriving
  • Irish Country Living

  • Farm to fame – Read our full interview with social media star Kayleigh Trappe
  • Dealing with a noise issue from an adorning farm
  • Treatment for eczema is more than skin deep
  • Read our feature on a family ice cream business
  • How to reduce Fair Deal Scheme fees?
  • Pedigree

  • Over €20,000 for Glenford Royalty
  • Donegal breeder claims All-Ireland Dutch Spotted title at Dundalk Show
  • More results from Carrick
  • Machinery

  • Demand for European-made machinery highest since 2023
  • Are you up to date with sprayer testing?