Episode 23
Country Life with MJ Clery
Friday, 9 June 2023 - 44 minutes
On the programme this week MJ chats to Laois man and South Leinster Chair of the IFA Francie Gorman who has just announced that he is running for the upcoming IFA presidency. Francie speaks about the huge task ahead of farmers to meet climate demands and how this can't impinge on the economic well being of farm families. Chris McCarthy from Co. Westmeath speaks about an upcoming open day on his suckler beef farm were his Charolais cross bulls are achieving kill out percentages of 65% to 67% at 16 months. David Johnston from dafarm.ie speaks about his newly launched platform where famers can trade goods from livestock to machinery for free. Adam Woods from the Irish Farmers Journal speaks about managing cattle and grassland in dry conditions and how the decrease in consumer spending is having a negative effect of beef prices. Adam also speaks about how the weakening of the Turkish Lira is a cause for concern for Irish farmers from a shipping perspective.
