The price and availability of fertiliser is being discussed on farms across the country at the moment as the knock on effect of the conflict in Ukraine begins to be felt across the EU.
The latest episode of Farmland, produced by Agriland Media, which will be broadcast at 7:00p.m today (March 15), will feature a sit-down interview with the managing director of Grassland Agro, Liam Woulfe.
Woulfe outlines why farmers who have not spoken to, or made arrangements with, their local merchants or co-ops may run into difficulty in the coming weeks when it comes to securing fertiliser.
He also gives some insight into the scheduled shipments of fertiliser due to arrive in Ireland in the short term.
Meanwhile, the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Tim Cullinan, will also appear on the programme, to discuss details of a proposal which the IFA is currently drawing up, aimed at helping pig farmers survive the current crisis in the sector.
Agriland editor, Stella Meehan, will also be joined by president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Assocation (ICMSA) Pat McCormack, to discuss the relevance of reducing dairy emissions particularly given the uncertain times we now find ourselves in.
Farmland will release a new episode fortnightly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00p.m and can be streamed via the award-winning digital platform, agriland.ie. Links will also be available across all Agriland social media platforms.
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In the previous episode of Farmland, editor Stella Meehan spoke to MEP for the Midlands North-West and dairy farmer, Colm Markey, who gave the the European perspective on Ireland’s slice of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding.
He discussed who wins and who, potentially, loses out in the CAP spend, and why carbon sequestration must be key to the future of on-farm environmental measures.
Agricultural economist, Ciarán Fitzgerald and journalist, Richard Halleron also featured on the programme to discuss weak government policies around food prices over the past 20 years and how this impacted farmgate prices.
Previous episodes of Farmland can be viewed by clicking here.