Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

An oireachtas committee this week published a report on future of the sector and our correspondent Amy Forde asked the Chair of the committee Pat Deering, what the main points from the report were.Brexit is an ever constant issue on the horizon, and Lord Curry known as 'the champion of farmers' spoke to our correspondent Peter McCann at Queen's University Belfast about Brexit negotiations, the future agricultural policy in the UK and the definition of the public goods that farmers provide.Farming remains the most dangerous occupation in Ireland with an average of 13 deaths per 1,000 workers on farms, compared to 2.5 deaths per 1,000 workers in other industries. Our correspondent Amy Forde asked Pat Griffin senior inspector for agriculture with the HSA, what needed to be done in farming to make it safer and ensure there were fewer fatalitiesSome of you will know that the the Irish Farmers Journal is hosting National Dairy Day at Punchestown Event Centre, tomorrow on the 23rd of November. Included in the line

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Lack of female representation was highlighted as a major issue at the annual Women and Agriculture conference, former IFA country chair Joan Fitzpatrick explains why she thinks they IFA need to improve. At this time of year tillage growers are starting to look ahead and plant their winter crops, but on the minds of many farmers is the effect this year's bad weather has had on tightening straw supply. Our correspondent Pat O'Toole went to the IFA tillage meeting in Enniscorthy, and spoke to Tom Short and Philip Rochford. How does a business survive the tests of time? Our correspondent Patrick Donohoe was at the Macra na Feirme annual conference and spoke to Michael Hoey, of Countrycrest, about the longevity of the Agri-food business With the abolition of milk quotas the dairy herd across the country is expanding and one of the programs that advises farmers is called Dairylink, Our correspondent and resident dairy expert Jack Kennedy met up with Conail Keown to find out a bit more about the scheme. Economist D

West Cork farmers band together to tackle the devastation left by two successive storms and a muti-million pig processing plant opens in Cavan. Pat O'Toole meets grain growers protesting in Kildare and we hear why recording sires is so important to beef farmers. Plus, the much awaited Women and Agriculture conference kicks off this week. Presenter - Hannah Quinn-MulliganProducer - Thomas HubertSound engineer - Ferdia Mooney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast we hear reports from the south of the country on the devastation wreaked by storm Ophelia, tillage farmers could be getting more for an acre of spruce trees than an acre of malt barley and secondary students make big future decisions as they attend open days agricultural colleges Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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