Plough On Podcast: all the highlights from Wednesday in Ratheniska

Listen in for all the news, views and highlights from this week’s National Ploughing Championships.

Barry Murphy

20 September 2023

Plough On Podcast: all the highlights from Wednesday in Ratheniska

Listen in for all the news and views at Ploughing 2023.

Welcome to Plough On, the Irish Farmers Journal daily podcast for Ploughing 2023.

Our team is releasing a podcast each day of this week’s National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois.

In Wednesday's episode, Barry Murphy, Rachel Donovan, Noel Bardon and Sarah McIntosh were on the ground for day two of the Ploughing, talking to farmers and politicians about the weather, organics and rural transport.

We hear from young farmers, female farmers, the winners of the Irish Angus schools competition and much more.

Listen in for the latest.

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