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News correspondent Pat O'Toole speaks to Rowena Dwyer, chief economist with the IFA, about the organisation's pre-budget submission for 2017.

Tom Tynan from the Commission for Agriculture speaks to market specialist Phelim O'Neill about the new EU aid package, how Brexit will evolve and why TTIP may be on the back-burner.

This weekend will be the biggest in the agricultural show season, but they are not without their challenges - between costs, lack of volunteers and falling numbers. Pedigree reporter Shane Murphy talks sponsorship, the prestige of the shows and the work involved for pedigree breeders.

At the Arva show in Co Cavan news editor Patrick Donohoe met Angus judge Norman Little.

Irish Farmers Journal contributer Una Sinnott reports from the Bannow & Rathangan show in Co Wexford, which drew a crowd of nearly 15,000. We hear from IFA Wexford county chair, Pat Murray, a produce judge and a sheep breeder.

Irish Farmers Journal UK Farmer Writer Joe Collingborn and his wife Ro discuss Brexit and why he's surviving on the current milk price because of the Irish.

What really are the healthiest summer salads? Irish Country Living consumer editor Ciara O'Kelly takes us through some of the worst calorie culprits when it comes to salads on the supermarket shelves.

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