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With Irish beef exports to China suspended, it may seem that China's beef import policy doesn't matter much to Irish farmers, but that isn't the case.
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There are many crucial policy decisions ahead, including the future of the nitrates derogation, agreement on the EU-Mercusor deal and the forming of the next CAP budget.
The EU powerhouses of Germany and France need financial stimulation and are in a very different fiscal economic situation to Ireland at the moment.
Cattle finishers represent the sector whose farmers are most anxious of the impact that could result from an EU-Mercosur free trade deal.
This week, Jack Kennedy and the team review the big stories of farming in 2024.
From weather woes to (more) ACRES issues, straw scheme scandals, election fever and co-op changes, Anne O’Donoghue brings you 2024’s top news headlines.
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The EU-Mercosur free trade deal is among the key issues the newly re-elected leader of the ICSA will target in his second term.
Mercosur is obviously the elephant in the room and particularly what economic and social impact it will have on rural areas.
This week, Jack Kennedy and the team talk about the Mercosur deal, sheep prices, the Kerry deal and Adam chats to Grassland AGRO’s Clodagh Bolger about the importance of soil sampling.
The Irish Farmers Association president was discussing the Mercosur deal with Olof Gill, the spokesperson for the European Commission for trade, on Clare Byrne Live on Thursday.
