The Farming Week: Scheme payments, bird flu latest and farmer protests

The Farming Week: Scheme payments, bird flu latest and farmer protests

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

  • ACRES and Sheep Welfare Scheme payments;
  • Warning of ‘very challenging’ 12 months ahead for dairy farmers;
  • Heydon 'monitoring' bovine TB valuation ceilings;
  • ICSA protest outside Dáil over Mercosur;
  • Third bird flu farm outbreak as housing order comes into force;
  • EU Parliament and Council reach deal on CAP simplification
  • Farm families bring protest over CPOs and greenways to Leinster House

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