FarmLand: Season 2 - Episode 5

Farmland

On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Pat Smith, the chairman of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation, outlines the potential for solar PV generation on Irish farms. Smith, who is also the managing director of Local Power Limited, gives his perspective on the sustainability challenges facing Irish agriculture, alongside the threat of Brexit. The ICSA’s Eddie Punch talks beef prices, live exports and the possibilities for dairy calf-to-beef production. The IFA’s Thomas Cooney reacts to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action’s latest report; plus, pig farmer Dermot Brady highlights the efficiencies that solar energy has brought to his large-scale enterprise in Co. Longford.