Save Up to €5,000 on Your Farm Costs – Find out How at a Smart Farming Seminar!

Come to a free Smart Farming Seminar to find out how you could make savings of up to €5,000 on your farm, while reducing your farm emissions!

When?
Tuesday, 10th April, 2018, starting at 1:45pm

Where?
Portlaoise, Midlands Park Hotel (formerly Heritage Hotel)

Book your place!
There is no charge to attend the seminar, but space are limited. Please confirm your attendance to Niamh Brennan on 01-4260347 or [email protected].

Or you can book your place online now! 

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Check out the Programme

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1.45pm		Registration
2.00pm		Smart Farming – delivering cost savings & improving the environment Joe Healy, IFA President
2.25pm		Growing success sustainably Clodagh Cavanagh, Managing Director, Abbey Machinery
3.00pm		Managing inputs to improve returns Chairman – Damian McDonald, IFA Director General
		Reducing costs by getting soil fertility right David Wall, Teagasc
		Rations – what to look out for when buying feed Karina Pierce, University College Dublin
		Energy – insulating against escalating energy costs Emer Burton, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
		Innovation – do I really need a solar panel or variable speed pump John Upton, Teagasc
4.00pm		Panel and audience discussion
4.15pm		Tea/coffee break
4.30pm		Delivering on-farm cost savings sustainably Chairman – Shane Colgan, Environmental Protection Agency
		Smart Farming – continuing to make a difference  Thomas Ryan, IFA & Smart Farming Programme Manager
		Reflections on the programme so far Aoife Smith, Smart Farming agronomist
		My Smart Farming journey & what’s next? Andrew McHugh, dairy farmer, Longford & Joe Deverell, livestock and tillage farmer, Offaly
5.15pm		Building personal resilience in challenging times  Liam Sheedy, Bank of Ireland and successful Tipperary Hurling Manager
5.40pm		Concluding remarks & key messages Thomas Cooney, IFA National Environment Chairman
5.50pm		Conference concludes