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Co Wicklow farmer Paul Delamere tells Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Thomas Hubert what has happened since he denounced alleged irregularities on the part of a Department of Agriculture official.

Cary Languirand spoke to farmers at a recent Beef Plan meeting in Kanturk and promised to pay a high price for a guaranteed supply of beef. He spoke to our correspondant Tommy Moyles after the event.

Now that the fires are contained in California, the debate has turned to how to prevent them in the future. Odile Evans speaks to the Administrator of the California Farm Bureau Federation about the devastating losses and the future.

Christmas jumper day arrived at the Irish Farmers Journal Office and all proceeds went to the Simon Community. Thomas Hubert spoke to Fionn Faherty of the Simon Community about what the agriculture industry can do.

A fifth class primary school pupil from Claddaghduff, Connemara, Co. Galway recites his poem about farming in winter.