Agri Week podcast 26/10/2023
This week, Agri Week makes the trip to Castle Dargan for the IFA’s Connacht Regional Chairperson hustings. Ronan Flanagan gets to know the two candidates, Kinlough-based James Gallagher and Brendan Golden from Killala, who…
Ocean FM’s Agri Week 22/12/2022
For the final programme of 2022, Agri Week’s Ronan Flanagan is joined by Sligo farmer Shay Monaghan, who recently celebrated 10 years with a robot milking system on his South Sligo farm. Niall McGauran, co-founder…
Agri Week: Family Farm Rally preview, Deer Cull & the importance of the ‘right to weigh’ for fishing sector
On this edition of Agri Week: We Preview the ‘Save the Family Farm’ rally which will take place on Sunday November 21st. It’s been a major talking point all week, we have…
Agri Week: Forestry jobs at risk, SEEFA call for Government actions and climate change impact on agriculture
On this week’s edition of Agri Week we talk to Enniscrone native Marina Conway from Western Forestry Co-op. Forestry group are appealing to Government to prevent demise of 12,000 jobs amid licensing crisis. A group…
Agri Week: Carbon emissions in Brazil a world wide problem. Wool membranes for walking tracks in Leitrim
A west of Ireland TD has described as nonsense trying to calculate biogenic methane at national rather than international level. And we hear how wool from Leitrim sheep is being used for a membrane…
Agri Week Concern over sheep prices. Forestry legacy in Leitrim. Global warming already impacting the North West
Concern aired by farming officials in the North West once again over the alleged importation of sheep meat which coincided with factories dropping the price of lamb: This is National Heritage week, but…
Ari Week: farm takeover, Falling lamb prices. Protest agaisnt protests
We find out about A very special event that took place earlier this week from on the Starrett Family farm in Lifford in Co Donegal. A leading local farm official is expressing concern this evening…