*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

Francess McDonnell, Breifne O'Brien and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes: 

• Healy-Rae: ACRES scoring may need overhaul;
• Final details revealed on new €3,375 suckler scheme;
• National cattle herd falls by 400,000 head in 24 months;
• Mart throughput reaches 574,505 cattle in Q1 2025;
• Demand grows for Kerrygold in US;
• What will the Climate Action Plan mean for farmers?;
• Sightings recorded as the birds are back in town.

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