Tonight’s show featured a series of reports from the National Ploughing Championships. Noel Dunne gave his take on the business aspects and Matt spoke with Patrick Donohue of the Farmers Journal about a survey that they conducted on farm debt, Brexit, inheritance and other issues.
Michael Moroney, CEO of Farm Contractors Ireland spoke to Matt about the issues affecting farm labour and the challenges involved in matching demand to supply.
In a week where another farm death was announced we heard about an innovation in tractor safety that can literally save lives, invented by Kerry student Jack Nagle.
Robbie Walker of Keenan’s Engineering spoke to us about their plans and confirmed their commitment to retain manufacturing of their feed wagons at the Borris plant.