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The EU and Mercosur countries are continuing talks to close a trade agreement, and the impending deal is likely to have a knock-on effect for European beef trade. Markets specialist Phelim O’Neill spoke with European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan on this issue.

With a lot of talk about farming “sustainably”, Tommy Moyles attended the recent Sustainability Dialogue in Kilkenny and spoke with Bill Callanan, chief inspector at the Department of Agriculture, about the reality of this concept for farmers.

The Irish Farmers Journal held an industry day on Tullamore Farm on Friday. Many agribusinesses took part, including the machinery manufacturer Major Equipment. Its marketing manager Eibhlin Murphy and Ireland sales manager Martin Walsh told AgriBusiness editor Eoin Lowry about how their year is going.

With fears of a hard Brexit increasing, tillage correspondent Stephen Robb spoke to British farmer and NFU combinable crops chair Tom Bradshaw, about the fears and hopes of farmers in the UK.

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Weekly podcast: Mercosur and slurry spreaders

In this week's podcast, we hear about the latest developments on Brexit and Mercosur, get the Department's view on sustainability and catch up with slurry machinery manufacturer Major Equipment.