Ear to the Ground

Topics covered in this first episode include rural resettlement, the plight of tillage farmers, pumpkins and a dig at the Hill of Ward.

The team meet a Westmeath mushroom farmer who fears for his family business after Brexit.

Helen Carroll visits Ireland's only nettle farm in Monamolin, Co Wexford, and Ella McSweeney learns how an organic farm can be sustainable and profitable.

The team meet a Kilkenny man who turned his life around after an horrific farm accident, and encounter a Derry Bat Rescuer.

A two thousand mile harvest, a close look at climate change and a taste of Tipperary apples all feature on this programme.

Topical farming and environmental show. Entertainer Brendan Grace takes a step down memory lane and the team meet the people behind a village dairy in Kildare.

The team see how My Lovely Horse Rescue's two farms in Co Kildare rehabilitate and re-home abandoned and abused animals.

Topical farming and environmental show. The team meet the Leitrim native who has been driving a horse carriage on the streets of New York for over 30 years.

Ella McSweeney visits The Lost Valley in Mayo - a place so remote that after the Great Famine, the land remained untouched by human hand.

Topical farming and environmental show. Includes a visit to the Future Pigs farm in Kildare to see a biodigester at work, and a look at toadlets on their journey from Fota to Kerry.

Helen Carroll meets IFA women looking for more influence in the male dominated organisation.

Ella meets 98-year-old sheep dog trainer Dan Moran, and sets up a competition between his Border Collie and a 2,000 drone.

Ear to the Ground, RTÉ's longest running factual series offers a fresh, new look at how rural Ireland is changing.

Helen Carroll visits Bull Island to count the migrating wildfowl and watch for signs of the latest bird flu virus H5N8. Darragh learns about the latest Agri Environmental scheme GLAS.

The team asks if it is unrealistic for women to run a farm and explore a 3,000-year-old road on a bog in Co Westmeath.

Helen Carroll reports from the Louth/Monaghan border, where custom officers search for drivers using green diesel.

Helen Carroll travels to a farm owned by Niall Walsh in Laois, where small changes have had a positive impact on his work-life balance.