*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

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:

• Agriland readers’ poll on who they’ll be voting for in the European elections;
• Farmers rearing calves to lose out on payment this year;
• Ban on live exports from Britain;
• Environmental impact of small farms;
• Scheme to reward farmers for exporting renewable energy to the grid;
• Kildare farmer scoops Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year award.

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