The Farming Week: Beef Welfare Scheme opens, decline in liquid milk suppliers, farmers at ‘very high’ risk of skin cancer

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

• Beef Welfare Scheme opens for applications;
• Call for increase in July milk price;
• Continued decline in liquid milk suppliers;
• Farmers urged to review fodder;
• Concern over RZLT impact on farmland;
• Farmers at ‘very high risk’ of skin cancer;
• Ireland was fifth-highest EU exporter of ice cream in 2023;

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