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Almost 12 months after they were first announced, Minister Michael Creed has told the Oireachtas Committee in a pre-budget discussion that low-cost loans won’t be available until 2019.

IFA president Joe Healy spoke with news correspondent Thomas Hubert at the beef farmers’ protest in Dublin.

News correspondent Barry Cassidy spoke to Tim Cullinane and Tom Hogan of the IFA pigs committee about the outcome of a pig farmer protest at Carroll's Cuisine in Tullamore.

Adam Woods attended a sale in Ennis this week where there were 800 weanlings on offer. He talked to Martin McNamara, Mart manager about the trade.

Tommy Moyles talked to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed in Ballyvourney at the Muskerry Macra na Feirme event, Growing Irish agriculture in an Uncertain Future.

Prof John Fitzgerald, chairman of the Climate Change Advisory Council, told Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert about the Government advisory body’s upcoming report on agriculture.

Beef editor Adam Woods attended a Laois IFA meeting with Minister Michael Creed on the farm of Liam and Jim Delaney, just outside Portlaoise.

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