The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

€6m scheme for on-farm badger biosecurity opens;
Around 3,600 applications for Fuel Support Scheme;
Brazilian exports to the EU could be banned from September;
Beef farmers urged to 'box clever' amid factory price cuts';
Can venison solve Ireland’s deer issue?

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