*This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance.

Catch up on the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture with Megan O’Brien and Aisling O’Brien, including:

- Salmonella – confirmed in eight broiler flocks around Ireland

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dafm-salmonella-confirmed-in-8-poultry-flocks/

- Burning Bushes - the exemption for the controlled burning of green waste generated in agricultural clearing has been extended

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/final-regulations-signed-on-burning-of-agricultural-green-waste/

- Women’s Dialogue - the National Dialogue on Women in Ag took place in Portlaoise on Wednesday

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/appoint-more-women-to-state-boards-mcconalogue/

- Sheep farmers risked their lives in the snow – Kerry TD, Michael Healy Rae claims the Dept. of Agriculture may have put the lives of some sheep farmers at risk

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/dafm-endangered-lives-of-hill-sheep-farmers-during-cold-snap-td/

- Death of Padraig Walshe – remembering the former IFA president Padraig Walshe who passed away this week

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/sadness-as-former-ifa-president-passes-away/

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