Hundreds attend meeting on Bord Bia controversy | BISS opens | Fertiliser imports

About this episode

The episode covers major stories in Irish agriculture, including the Bord Bia controversy and fertiliser import issues.

Charles O'Donnell, Stella Meehan and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Hundreds of farmers voice anger over Bord Bia controversy at Mayo meeting Investigations ongoing into further cases of bluetongue Cross-border TB pilot launched at Donegal farm EU nitrogen fertiliser imports plummet Teagasc says not all vacant posts will be filled due to pay ceiling Funding for new flour mills Do you leave the keys in your farm vehicles? 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

Hosts: Charles O'Donnell, Stella Meehan, Aisling O'Brien

Topics covered

• Bord Bia controversy
• agriculture news
• fertiliser imports
• bluetongue investigations
• TB pilot program
• farmer meetings

Keywords

• Bord Bia
• agriculture
• fertiliser
• bluetongue
• TB pilot
• Mayo meeting
• Teagasc
• farmer anger

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bord Bia, Teagasc, Agriland

Places: Mayo

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