Farmers Weekly Question Time: Cookstown, Northern Ireland - Farmers Weekly Question Time

The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

- John Gilliland, Professor of Practice in Agriculture & Sustainability, Queens University Belfast

- John McLenaghan, deputy president, Ulster Farmers Union.

- Bronagh O'Kane, livestock farmer

- Jude McCann, Farming Community Network

- Michael Meharg, Loch Neagh Partnership

Topics include:

- How to solve Lough Neagh pollution

- Support for smaller livestock farms

- How to get new entrants into farming

- Making the most of Jeremy Clarkson

- Tenancies and rental opportunities

- Northern Ireland Farm Welfare Bill

- Health and wellbeing among farmers

- Tips for profitable farming

Sponsored by Lantra, this Farmers Weekly Question Time event was recorded in front of a live studio audience on Thursday, 29 August 2024.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future Farmers Weekly Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.