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2. The Cost of Fertilizer, Comber Earlies & Hungarian Mangalitza Pigs

David Irwin joins Eve Blair in the studio to discuss all things farming, including the impact of weather conditions and fertilizer costs on farming production.

David Irwin of Redhouse Holsteins in Dungannon joins Eve Blair in the studio to discuss all things farming, including the impact of weather conditions and rising fertilizer costs on farming production.
Eve also catches up with farmer William Gilmore in Newtownards as he prepares to dig his first Comber potato crop of the season.
Plus, reporter Julian Fowler gets up close and personal with a herd of rare Hungarian woolly pigs.

Release date:

25 minutes

On radio

Sat 27 Jun 2026 13:05

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Jun 2026 13:05
  • Sun 28 Jun 2026 13:05