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Back to EpisodesBeef reduction scheme ‘off the table’, Bord Bia’s record €16.7bn of exports, Coillte fall-out continues & dog control measures to be examined
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Catch up on the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture with Megan O’Brien and Aisling O’Brien, including:
- A beef herd reduction scheme is ‘off the table’, Minister McConalogue confirmed this week, but a similar scheme for the dairy sector is still under consideration
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/beef-herd-reduction-scheme-off-the-table-mcconalogue/
- Record Bord Bia export results of €16.7 billion demonstrate the importance of agriculture to the Irish economy, say farming organisations
- Fallout continues from the Coillte forestry partnership with a UK investment fund – the minister is set to meet with the semi-state forestry company to discuss the deal
- A working group is to be established in a bid to improve dog control
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/working-group-on-dog-control-to-be-established/
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