*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:

-       Minister announces €50/calf scheme for suckler farmers

-       Commission approves €308m Irish afforestation scheme

-       Fertiliser database change needed so it’s ‘fit for purpose’ – IFA

-       Extensions for ACRES scorecards and shallow cultivation

-       ‘Farmers should date other farmers’ says Katch CEO

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