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The Farming Week: Calls for Bord Bia chair to be removed, Mercosur deal delayed, eco scheme changes
Published 4 months, 1 week ago
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Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:
- Calls for Bord Bia chair to be removed;
- MEPs refer Mercosur deal to Europe’s top court;
- Over 400t of Mercosur beef imported to Ireland in 2025;
- No recovery in factory cattle supply expected this year;
- 338 jobs at risk as ABP to cease retail packing at Dungannon site;
- TB Action Plan changes set to kick in this April;
- Farmers could face ‘more regulations’ under proposed Eco Scheme changes;
- Gurteen College’s new tractor fleet.
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