On tonight’s Farm Show we heard from one of the candidates in the comping IFA presidency campaign, Laois farmer, Francie Gorman.
Sandra Hayes of Teagasc spoke with Matt to give details of an upcoming event on clover management.
Bill O’Keeffe, vice chair of the IFA Farm Business Committee was part of a delegation who took a recent trip to Brussels, which turned out to more eventful than anticipated. He spoke about the issues raised.
Niall Claffey spoke with Matt about an upcoming Beef Event, organised by the Irish Grassland Association as part of their summer series
Finally, Matt joined us from the “Fine-Tuning Irish Dairy” a gathering of industry experts and thought leaders to discuss the challenges facing Irish dairy farming, from reduced stocking rates to nitrates restrictions and Irish dairy’s social licence to produce. Ireland’s 17,500 dairy farmers produce high quality dairy produce which is exported to 191 countries with an €6.2 billion contribution to the economy.
Eric Driver gave the weekly mart report from Tullow and George Candler was in studio to bring us the report from Kilkenny Mart.
