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Over €200,000 invested in nature in 2025 through Refarm project

Farmer-led funding for 2026 to increase to €400.

NEWS 2 March 2026

Over €200,000 invested in nature in 2025 through Refarm project

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Tillage Podcast: Irish grain, fieldwork and tillage payments

Tillage Podcast: Irish grain, fieldwork and tillage payments

NEWS 26 February 2026

Department response to stolen sheep 'frustrating'

Department response to stolen sheep 'frustrating'

NEWS 25 February 2026

Case made for crops and sheep in NI

Case made for crops and sheep in NI

Case made for crops and sheep in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 25 February 2026

€6m in Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme payments commence

€6m in Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme payments commence

€6m in Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme payments commence

NEWS 23 February 2026

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Dairygold moves to A+B-C for bonus payments

Dairygold moves to A+B-C for bonus payments

Dairygold Co-op has announced that it is to pay all milk quality and sustainability payments on an A+B-C basis from now on, but has ruled out additional payments for 2025 supplies.

NEWS 5 February 2026

Beef grid is failing suckler stock

Beef grid is failing suckler stock

David Wright looks at work previously done around meat yield across various beef grades

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 February 2026

Watchdog sounds the alarm on next CAP

Watchdog sounds the alarm on next CAP

The impact of the next CAP on the future of farm incomes for different categories of farmers remains difficult to gauge, according to the European Court of Auditors.

NEWS 5 February 2026

Tillage Management: weather, fertiliser, live podcast

Tillage Management: weather, fertiliser, live podcast

The weather is stopping work at present, but drier spells look like they might be on the way so its important to be ready.

HUSBANDRY 5 February 2026

New eligible areas on maps by 2 March

New eligible areas on maps by 2 March

New DAERA land eligibility rules in NI came into force from 1 January 2026.

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 February 2026

ACRES landscape actions reopen for applications

ACRES landscape actions reopen for applications

Farmers in ACRES co-operation areas can apply for funding to implement actions that could boost their results-based payment rates.

NEWS 5 February 2026

Inside the Farmers Journal: will CAP payments to older farmers be scrapped?

Inside the Farmers Journal: will CAP payments to older farmers be scrapped?

This week, the team discusses the ongoing fiasco between the IFA and Bord Bia, CAP payments to older farmers and milk price cuts.

NEWS 5 February 2026

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Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

Just outside Ramelton, Co Donegal, Bert McCloy and his son-in-law Jason Peoples run a busy dairy farm milking around 200 cows.

Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

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