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

• TAMS reference costs updated;
• EU Commission pushes to ratify Mercosur deal;
• Beef and lamb trade updates;
• Ornua PPI and GDT fall;
• Flexibility sought on unprotected urea deadline;
• Farm Safety Community Champion Programme.

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