On this week’s FarmLand, we look at tractor safety on our roads during silage season and what everyone should keep in mind during this busy time,and we talk to the president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), Pat McCormack, about the recent dry spell and milk prices

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FarmLand: 11th June 2020

Macra na Feirme president Thomas Duffy on the future of farming, and Martina Harrington of Teagasc tells us what measures beef farmers can implement to cope with the current spell of dry weather and reduced grass growth rates on-farm.

FarmLand: 4th June 2020

On this week’s FarmLand, we look at how Tuam Mart is facilitating the movement of cattle and sheep since the outbreak of Covid-19, and we meet two brothers who have built two grant-spec sheep sheds two fields apart from each other in Co. Mayo.

FarmLand: 28th May 2020

On this week’s FarmLand, we look at how Covid-19 is impacting on students in Gurteen agricultural college and we go behind the scenes to see how the dairy operation in Gurteen College has grown since milk quotas were abolished in 2015.

FARMLAND: 21st May 2020

On this week’s FarmLand, we get the contractors view during silage season, and we look at the impact COVID-19 is having on getting Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) applications processed and approved.

FarmLand 14th May 2020

On this week's FarmLand - we talk to Denis Naughten on the Green Party's pre-conditions for government formation, and Glanbia's Donal Moloney describes how forward selling grain can manage risk on tillage farms.

FARMLAND: 30th April 2020

On this week's programme: we talk to Green Acres calf to beef programme manager Alan Dillon on options for beef farmers during this difficult period, and Pat McCormack of the ICMSA tells us how farmers are dealing with the current situation.

FARMLAND: 23rd April 2020

On this week's FarmLand: we talk to DII's Conor Mulvihill on dairy markets and milk processing amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and we continue our talk with Jimmy Walsh of Leinster Marts about 50 years in business.

FARMLAND: 16th April 2020

On this week's episode - we talk to Dr. Frank Mitloehner about the interplay of the Covid-19 pandemic, global emissions and farming the environmental outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic, and Bord Bia’s Joe Burke tells us about the impact Covid-19 is having on domestic and international beef markets

FARMLAND: 9th April 2020

On this week's FarmLand - Charles O'Donnell speaks to Eimear Mc Guinness on the impact of restricted services on marts, and Michael Geary finds out how to tube feed newborn lambs.

FarmLand: 2nd April 2020

In this episode- we look at how to improve hygiene practices in the lambing shed, we get a sheep and suckler farmer’s view on lambing season and the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, and Pat Mc Cormack of the ICMSA on the need for a single authority for River management.

FarmLand: 26th March 2020

On this week's programme: We talk to Jimmy Walsh of Leinster Marts about 50 years in business, FCI’S Mike Moroney talks carbon taxes and their impact on agri contractors, and calibrating your seed drill is essential, and should be carried out between crops, varieties and seed batches. Here’s a step-by-step guide to the process.

FarmLand: 19th March 2020

In this episode: we get farmers’ views at Kilcullen Mart on Coronavirus, Siobhán Walsh finds out how one Cork tillage farmer feels about the next Common Agricultural Policy, and we find out the techniques involved in how to measure grass.

FarmLand: 12th March 2020

Claire Mc Cormack speaks to Pat Mc Cormack of the ICMSA about the toll of flooding, Siobhan Walsh finds out how to carry out a plant count, and we look ahead to the first Teagasc Greenacre Calf to Beef farm walk of the year.

FarmLand: 5th Mar 2020

On this week's FarmLand: Siobhan Walsh investigates wet weather and its effect on tillage farmers, Claire Mc Cormack speaks to Michael Moroney about a crisis facing forestry contractors, and we take a look at best practice in milking cows.

FarmLand: 27th Feb 2020

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