Get ready for Agriland Media Group‘s final exclusive livestream and podcast from day three of the National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Co. Laois.
Agriland is the official livestream partner for the NPC and from 1:00p.m each day at Block 3, Row 15, Stand 289, we are hosting a series of live panel discussions and podcasts which are free to attend.
The livestream and podcasts will also be available on YouTube, the Agriland website or app, and Facebook.
Our first panel discussion at 1:05p.m Why Water Quality Matters to Farmers – will feature a range of experts and a dairy farmer and highlight the measures that the farming community are currently taking on water quality issues.
We will be joined Dr. Joe Patton, head of dairy knowledge transfer department, with Teagasc and Mairead Whitty, LAWPRO’s farming for water project lead together with Ted Massey , senior inspector nitrates and biodiversity division with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
We will also be hearing on this panel from Bruce Thompson who runs a dairy farm in Ballyfin, Co. Laois.
During our second panel discussion at approx 1:30p.m we will catch up with Anna Marie McHugh, assistant managing director, National Ploughing Association (NPA) to hear what has been happening behind the busiest shows of one of the biggest events in the agricultural calendar and she will also be joined by John Deery, chair of the NPA.
National Ploughing Championships
Whether you plan to attend the ploughing in person or catch up later, you can make sure that you do not miss any of the major action from each day by staying tuned to the Agriland app, or by visiting us at Block 3, Row 15, Stand 289.
We want to make sure that visitors of all ages can be part of the conversation at this year’s National Ploughing Championships and are invited to get involved in the podcasts each day.
Our team of reporters will also be out and about hearing from families, exhibitors, politicians, industry leaders and many more.
Our podcast of the day at 2:00p.m will be an unmissable chat with Co. Longford farmer Philip Stewart, who is of course better known as ‘Farmer Phil’.
We will be hearing from Phil how he became a social media star and how he manages to combine this with his day-to-day work on the farm.