Fuel Prices | Beef Finishers | Live Export Concerns

About this episode

This episode covers significant issues in Irish agriculture, including rising fuel costs, beef price cuts, and live export regulations.

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes: Farm orgs slam government fuel cost measures 100ac of silage set to cost €2,855 extra as diesel soars; Irish farmers face fertiliser shortages over Middle East conflict; 'Relentless' price cuts hit beef finishers; EU and Australia sign free trade agreement; Aurivo and Dale Farm announce 'strategic partnership'; Proposed animal transport rules to 'effectively end' live exports; Bluetongue vaccine to be included in welfare schemes; DAFM issues lead poisoning warning. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.

People in this episode

Host: Agriland

Topics covered

• fuel prices
• beef finishers
• live export concerns
• fertiliser shortages
• trade agreements
• animal transport rules
• agriculture news

Keywords

• fuel prices
• beef finishers
• live exports
• fertiliser shortages
• trade agreements
• agriculture news
• DAFM
• Bluetongue vaccine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EU, Australia, Aurivo, Dale Farm, DAFM

Products: Bluetongue vaccine

Places: Ireland

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