Ear to the Ground

Darragh McCullough looks at Ireland's peat industry, Ella McSweeney travels to Croagh Patrick and Helen Carrol ponders apple imports at the Little Irish Apple Company.

Darragh McCullough meets dairy farmer Andrew Revington as he puts his cows through the milking parlour for the last time. Ella McSweeney follows the production line on a pig farm.

Ella McSweeney meets Wexford farmers losing their land and homes to coastal erosion, while there is a report on ex-footballer Kevin Doyle's return to his family farm

Darragh McCullough asks how the future looks for Irish agriculture as farmers grapple to come to terms with emissions reductions on Irish farms.

Magazine show for farmers and rural residents, focusing on the ever-changing nature of country life and landscape

Presenters Helen Carroll, Darragh McCullough and Ella McSweeney continue to explore the issues, challenges and opportunities facing Irish farmers and rural dwellers.

Magazine show for farmers and rural residents, focusing on the ever-changing nature of country life and landscape.

Helen Carroll, Darragh McCullough and Ella McSweeney explore the issues, challenges and opportunities facing Irish farmers and rural residents.

Farmers Justina & Liam Gavin of Drumanilra Organic Farm in Leitrim are no strangers to new business ventures. Helen O'Carroll joins them as they open their doors & drive thru to see how Irish consumers respond to fast-farm-food.

Helen finds a maize crop in Adare that is taller than she is. The Shine family have come up with a new way to protect it using compostable film. Darragh McCullough goes to a wildlife habitat and Ella is in Leitrim to see how Patrick Bradley is supplementing his income by selling unpasteurised milk.