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IFA farm business chair Martin Stapleton and Fine Gael TD Pat Deering spoke with Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert at the IFA’s pre-budget lobbying day in Dublin.

UCC academic Jerry Murphy told Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert how farmers can contribute to the emerging renewable gas sector.

Adam Woods was in Nenagh Mart on Tuesday to launch a new Irish Farmers Journal app, MartBids. He checked in with mart manager Michael Harty to see what trade was like.

Adam also talked to Bord Bia’s beef sector manager Joe Burke about the beef trade, cattle exports and beef market outlook for the rest of the year.

Declan O’Connor, lecturer at Cork Institute of Technology and Dr Jason Loughry, research officer at Teagasc go through some examples of how dairy price volatility is managed around the world and suggest a few options for Irish agriculture.

Sligo man Coleman Colgan talks about horse ploughing and taking up the activity just three years ago.

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