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: 

• 30c/kg taken off peak beef price offers;
• Details on new suckler scheme confirmed;
• Potential GAEC 2 payment as part of CAP simplification;
• Carbery operating profit up 20%;
• 26,000ha of wind damaged forests
• Tidy Towns groups will no longer have to pay insurance costs.

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