Ear to the Ground

On episode 1, a visit to Millstreet Dairy Show with 13-year-old Gearoid Long; problems with Blackgrass, a highly aggressive weed; and a visit to a North County Dublin pumpkin farm.

Ella on an ambitious new project to try and eradicate the American Mink from Ireland; Darragh joins some alpacas on a visit to a Wicklow nursing home; and Stephen joins the Hobson family as they brought in the first of their season's crops - their Winter Barley.

This week, a look at the laws around trespass and how farmers are affected; the proposed cut in the EU's mackeral quota; and a Cork man who has spent the last 40 years scanning cattle for pregnancy, who is now meeting AI head-on.

Ella McSweeney travels to Mayo to meet a farmer Civil Defence volunteer, and Stephen Robb visits two farmers in Wicklow who have leased their farmland to a 60 acre solar plant. Also, Darragh McCullough heads to County Sligo to help round up sheep for shearing.

Darragh McCullough travels to Athlone as 10,000 farmers protest the Mercosur deal; Stephen Robb visits community-based physical activity classes for farmers in Donegal; and Ella McSweeney meets a wagyu beef farmer in the Burren.