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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