Farming Fun This Week!

Michael has been very busy on the farm this week. The weather finally came reasonably good and everyone was flat out (like a lizard drinking) getting their silage and in some cases hay made. Because the bad weather had delayed the silage making for so long the grass was very heavy and this was hard going on the tractors, balers, hay rakes and the ground! This meant that in-between turning, baling, wrapping or stacking Michael was back in fixing and repairing the machines for the next day’s onslaught! No time for watching London 2012!!

While Michael was mainly concerned with making silage this week he also managed to squeeze in an interview for BBC Radio 4 (click on the link to hear it). The debate on GMO foods has been raging recently, with GMO testing being carried out in Ireland for the first time in fourteen years everybody is talking about it. BBC Radio 4 are right on this hot topic and the views expressed by Dr. John Spink, Gillian Westbrook and Michael give interesting perspectives.