The Farming Week podcast: Govt slammed for inaction over dog attacks, Teagasc 2023 outlook for Irish agriculture and calls to extend ACRES scheme

December 16, 2022 1:46 pm

On this episode of The Farming Week, Megan O’Brien and Stella Meehan discuss the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture including a spate of horrific dog attacks on livestock and criticism for the government on a lack of action around them.

They breakdown Teagasc’s 2023 outlook for Irish agriculture, which forecasts a rise in cattle prices and a fall for milk.

Also on the episode, they discuss calls to extend the ACRES scheme, the withdrawal of Lakelands’ peak milk management scheme for new milk and €28 million in BDGP payments, which are to be made to farmers in coming days.

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