Department of Agriculture stand at the National Ploughing Championships 2025

We look forward to welcoming you to our stand in the Government Village at the National Ploughing Championships.

Our teams are on hand to offer information, advice and guidance.

At the department stand you can:

• test our new MyAgFood platform for yourself with assistance from the team
• talk to us about tree planting options that suit your farm
• get guidance on Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) fertiliser allowances
• declare your closing stock on the National Fertiliser Database
• discuss steps to reduce your risk of bovine TB
• get assistance with using two-factor authentication to log into AgFood.ie
• and much more … see list below

Our teams will be available at the department stand to answer your queries about:

• AgriSnap – our geotagged photo app, which may be used to resolve queries for certain schemes or to support applications
• Area Monitoring System (AMS) – used to monitor some area-based schemes
• Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme (ANC)
• Beef Schemes
• Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)
• Dairy Beef Schemes
• Beef Welfare Scheme
• Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)
• Conditionality
• Direct Payments
• Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS)
• Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS)
• Entitlements
• European Innovation Partnerships
• National Reserve / Young Farmers Scheme
• Sheep Schemes
• Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS)
• National Sheep Welfare Scheme 2024
• Sheep Ireland
• Tillage - Crops and Schemes
• Multi-Species Sward Measure (MSSM)
• Protein Aid
• Red Clover Silage Measure
• Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM)
• Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS)

Talks to us about the supports, projects and initiatives promoting best practice and bringing about behavioural change to minimise the risks to the safety, health, and wellbeing of everyone on farms, including farmers, workers, farm families and visitors.

Talk to our teams about:

• AgFood Account Services
• Collaborative Farming Grants
• Payments and Customer Information
• Registered Farm Partnerships
• Succession Planning Advice Grant
• Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
• The department’s Online Services
• Using two-factor authentication to log into AgFood.ie

Officials will be available to provide information and assistance with the new two factor authentication process to log into AgFood.ie and MyAgFood.

Individuals who wish to setup or reset two factor authentication, will need their:

• Username
• Password
• Personal Access Code (PAC)
• Photo ID proof

Farming Companies and Agents who wish to setup or reset two factor authentication, will need their:

• Username
• Password
• PIN
• Proof of identity

The European Commission has published draft proposals for the next Common Agricultural Policy.

Visit the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s tent to take part in a short survey on the Common Agricultural Policy.

This survey will gather the public's perspectives on the on the future Common Agricultural Policy.

Talk to our teams about the new MyAgFood platform.

The new MyAgFood platform will be launched at the National Ploughing Championships. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the new system

• How data is used to support farm families

• Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES)
• Organic Farming Scheme

Talk to us about how together we can protect and improve water and air quality, including:

• information on ways to reduce ammonia emissions
• information on how to reduce the loss of agricultural nutrients in your area
• get your Interim nitrogen and phosphorous statements (N&P;) Statements
• guidance on Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) fertiliser allowances for grassland farmers
• information on the department’s plan, Water and Agriculture – a collaborative approach
• supports available, including the Water EIP - Farming for Water
• Teagasc’s “Better Farming for Water” advisory campaign
• information about the National Fertiliser database
• declare your closing stock on the National Fertiliser Database
• register on the National Fertiliser Database, if not already completed
• see all transactions relevant to you recorded on the National Fertiliser Database
• Pesticides Controls

The Soil Sampling Programme - a farm level soil sampling and analysis initiative which will provide farmers and their advisors with comprehensive details about the nutrient status, carbon status and indicators of soil health on their farms.

• National Liming Programme
• Protecting Farmland Pollinators
• Land Use

Talk to us about your options for planting trees as part of your farm enterprise, including:

• Afforestation, Tree planting to suit your farm - see the Farm Forestry Booklet
• Agroforestry
• check the status of your felling licence application
• continuous cover forestry
• how to plant your first forest
• forestry grants and schemes
• Native Tree Area Scheme
• Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027 and Climate Action Performance Payment Scheme
• tree planting to suit your farm - see the Farm Forestry Booklet

Our teams from our Regional Veterinary Offices; National Centre for Disease Control; Regional Veterinary laboratories; Veterinary Public Health service and our bovine TB Eradication programme, will be available at our stand to answer your queries about:

• the importance of maintaining good biosecurity - prevention is better than cure
• assessing risks on your farm and taking steps and measures to improve biosecurity
• internal and external measures than can enhance biosecurity on your farm
• biosecurity information for registered poultry flock owners
• herd number queries for our Regional Veterinary Offices

Talk to our bovine TB Eradication team about:

• biosecurity measures
• the TB Compensation Arrangements Information Booklet for Herdowners
• how to prevent your herd having further bovine TB breakdowns
• how to stop TB from spreading between herds
• how to protect your herd from TB in Badgers and other Wildlife in Ireland

Talk to us about your views on the future of farming, food, forestry and fisheries in Europe as Ireland prepares to hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU from 1 July to 31 December 2026.

Through a short survey, EUSurvey - Survey, we are gathering public perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities for these sectors. Your input will help us understand what people believe the EU should prioritise in the years ahead and will inform our preparations for this important role.