The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Calls for measures on farmer fuel costs as govt plans response;
• Fertiliser price shock 'may not be as acute as spring of 2022';
• Increase in fertiliser sales linked to higher river nitrogen levels;
• Ireland set for sharp drop in beef production;
• Warning that current high calf prices 'not adding up';
• Committee calls for new funding for nature restoration;
• Galway man wins national novice auctioneer competition.

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