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Livestock specialist Nathan Tuffy joins news editor Patrick Donohoe to discuss what is driving demand for calves in the marts.

Listen to “What is driving demand for calves?” on Spreaker.

There are suggestions to ban splash plate slurry spreading in a consultation paper published by the Government to improve air quality. Patrick Donohoe asks news correspondent Thomas Hubert what this could mean for farmers.

Listen to “Proposed ban on splash plates” on Spreaker.

News correspondent Odile Evans met farmers at an ICMSA meeting in Co Wicklow to discuss the upcoming vote on Glanbia’s new corporate structure.

Listen to “Glanbia proposal discussed” on Spreaker.

News correspondent Amy Forde met Teagasc economist Fiona Thorne, author of a report on the competitiveness of Irish agriculture.

Listen to “Is Irish farming competitive?” on Spreaker.

Tommy Moyles spoke with Co Cork farmer Denis Keohane, the new chairman of the National Ploughing Association.

Listen to “Denis Keohane STINGS” on Spreaker.

Watch the video with our podcast guest, Co Laois shopkeeper Maude Dunne, who has been selling the Irish Farmers Journal for 64 years.

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