*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

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

• Housing order as bird flu cases confirmed
• 2,000 farmers attend nitrates derogation meeting (Kathleen with clips of Minister, Gorman and O’Neill)
• Draft proposal on splash plate use for hilly ground
• 20% CAP cut 'not a done deal' (Clip – Kathleen will forward)
• ICSA plans further Dáil protest on Mercosur deal 'safeguards'
• Farmers to demonstrate over greenway issues outside Leinster House

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