*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

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

• Minister 'open' to €40/calf payment;
• Net margins for calf to beef farms;
• Sector reacts to live exports documentary;
• Meetings to discuss possible Arrabawn-Tipperary merger
• MII sustainability charter;
• Fire in Kilkenny;
• National Dairy Show.

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