Ear to the ground

mf240

On now

darragh_haven

Nothing to do with farming this week by the look of it

Volvoair

mf240 wrote: »

On now

grand...off now to watch it.

whelan2

darragh_haven wrote: »

Nothing to do with farming this week by the look of it

yup, same old

Feckthis

Feirm was on earlier I have it recorded

Dunedin

Feckthis wrote: »

Feirm was on earlier I have it recorded

is it any good?

I have the series taping but haven't got to watch any of it yet.

Mad4simmental

Fair play to your one that lost her husband. Other than that it was pure scutter.

Feckthis

Dunedin wrote: »

is it any good?

I have the series taping but haven't got to watch any of it yet.

Yes, it's very good IMO. Just have to follow subtitles. It's all about crops tonight.

rangler1

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Fair play to your one that lost her husband. Other than that it was pure scutter.

Don't have much time for Darragh, Irish people are too far removed from farming for RTE to be putting on farming programmes, I wonder how many watch it, farming doesn't attract advertising revenue, even TG4 will run out of material fairly quick

epfff

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Fair play to your one that lost her husband. Other than that it was pure scutter.

Came across very well
All too common
Remember you never know what's going on in anyone's head
Always take time to chat with friends and neighbours You may make the difference

Reggie.

Got fed up after the first 5 mins

Dickie10

Horse and country and bbc countryfile is what iscan for farming programmes

sh1tstirrer

Dickie10 wrote: »

Horse and country and bbc countryfile is what iscan for farming programmes

Where is horse and country gone it used to be on channel 280?

epfff

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Where is horse and country gone it used to be on channel 280?

253
Too much horse and not enough country on it the last while

ABlur

Though Feirm programme on TG4 was very good first time I saw it was tonight. Real farmers driving big farm machinery!! If that was ETTG it probably consist of Darragh learning to plough and then competing in a ploughing match, Oh actually he did that last season!!!!

onyerbikepat

Watched 'The Story Of Agriculture' on the Horse & Country Channel last night (@ 11pm). Now that's an interesting programme.

Bullocks

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Watched 'The Story Of Agriculture' on the Horse & Country Channel last night (@ 11pm). Now that's an interesting programme.

Is there a repeat ?

Muckit

Bullocks wrote: »

Is there a repeat ?

I'd say there will. I seen the whole series about 2 years ago!! Very interesting and informative.

onyerbikepat

All 4 episodes are on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEncgCOZf5Y&list=PLTu8nanTJo7GzeBfwHjVl7vRHWDj9k7z2

Mad4mf

I really think Ear to the ground has gone to s**t in the past while 'Tis more of a programe about ruarl life as opposed to farming in my opinion

Dawggone

ETTG is a farming "lite" program. A genuine sellout of agri life that shouldn't be aired. It was always said that nobody in Ireland was further than two generations from farming, so any agri program should "man up" to the real issues.


A few agri programs in French telly would show them, bad language included!

Feckthis

epfff wrote: »

253
Too much horse and not enough country on it the last while

I agree. Should be called saddle club channel.

_Brian

Don't watch it myself but I see from Facebook that Ear to the ground is repeated today on RTE1 at 1:10 straight after the Farming Weather.

Figerty

The Farming programme on Clare FM is very good. It's a farming programme at about 9am on Saturday mornings. It's usually very topical. Feeds, dosing, single payments as they come up.
I think it can be got on line.

onyerbikepat

Figerty wrote: »

The Farming programme on Clare FM is very good. It's a farming programme at about 9am on Saturday mornings. It's usually very topical. Feeds, dosing, single payments as they come up.
I think it can be got on line.

Never heard it. Only time I ever listen to Clare FM is for local match commentaries.

micraX

I though it was good about the farming on lambay island

Kevhog1988

First time farmers gets good viewing figures in the uk. Id like to see a irish version.

ganmo

theemigrant wrote: »

First time farmers gets good viewing figures in the uk. Id like to see a irish version.

Read the ould lad thread, it'd be more fun if it was a programme following retired farmers listening to them givin out

ganmo

anyone watchin this week?

Kevhog1988

didnt think it was great this week

Connemara Farmer

Yep, I always like seeing highland cattle but not an awful lot in it aside from that.

I missed Feirm :rolleyes:

Miname

Connemara Farmer wrote: »

Yep, I always like seeing highland cattle but not an awful lot in it aside from that.

I missed Feirm :rolleyes:

fair play to any young lad that goes out and buys 70 acres, but wild flower mixes and the whin bushes already closing in in parts will leave him with avery different view in a couple of years. i'd have to say its a very idealistic view he has (or perception i got any way) of how farming should work.

Connemara Farmer

Miname wrote: »

fair play to any young lad that goes out and buys 70 acres, but wild flower mixes and the whin bushes already closing in in parts will leave him with avery different view in a couple of years. i'd have to say its a very idealistic view he has (or perception i got any way) of how farming should work.

In fairness he may well have plans to clear them (perhaps also the land may be designated for all we know, that would prevent spraying and require machinery and likely permission also), there's an enormous amount we don't get told in a few minutes piece. Perhaps the price of the land was influenced by it's condition. It was certainly a less than ideal field with rushes, yellow flag iris and bracken.

ganmo

well that lass wasn't hard on the eyes :P
not too happy with the mention of using the SFP to force farmers to improve safety

feirm was on forestry(the bit i saw anyway) with one lad in cork still grazing and making silage on the ground he's planted

Connemara Farmer

ganmo wrote: »

well that lass wasn't hard on the eyes :P
not too happy with the mention of using the SFP to force farmers to improve safety

feirm was on forestry(the bit i saw anyway) with one lad in cork still grazing and making silage on the ground he's planted

I'll catch it on TG4 player, am interested in agro forestry, not that I can practice it.

No, there are far too may catches, snags, and conditions on SFP already. I'd say half the farmers don't know half of them, and I'm probably one of those.

Sam Kade

Ella has some God awful contrived accent, she might not be hard on the eyes but she would be hard on the ears. McCullough is a farmers son and he couldn't even use the shovel :rolleyes: he obviously spent his childhood sitting by the fire.

jack of all

I'm not from a farming background at all but I'll watch ETTG if it's on, especially more so this weeks episode on account of the Steam Rally. Overall there's not much meat in the programme but what can you expect from such a short show. I don't like that tall one that presents it (Big Bird I call her!), she looks like a giant in the land of midgets- I don't think I've ever seen her stand beside any of the contributors where she didn't tower over them! I thought McCulloughs effort at feeding the firebox on the engine was pathetic- a child would make a better attempt!

oldsmokey

Sam Kade wrote: »

Ella has some God awful contrived accent, she might not be hard on the eyes but she would be hard on the ears. McCullough is a farmers son and he couldn't even use the shovel :rolleyes: he obviously spent his childhood sitting by the fire.

Jaysus, I thought I was the only one...Sure that piece she did about the lass from Killorglin was like something a child would put together - she was mystified as to how a 24 yr old could OWN the place...OMG...like she ~OWNS it...savage
Onto your man Darragh then with HIS stupid accent and his condescending 'farming for children + idiots' slot...RTE should can the series, or re-title it 'Away with the fairies' ,or 'In my faaathers time' , or maybe 'My little pony'.
Drivel.

sh1tstirrer

jack of all wrote: »

I'm not from a farming background at all but I'll watch ETTG if it's on, especially more so this weeks episode on account of the Steam Rally. Overall there's not much meat in the programme but what can you expect from such a short show. I don't like that tall one that presents it (Big Bird I call her!), she looks like a giant in the land of midgets- I don't think I've ever seen her stand beside any of the contributors where she didn't tower over them! I thought McCulloughs effort at feeding the firebox on the engine was pathetic- a child would make a better attempt!

Big bird great name we should call her that from now on.

sh1tstirrer

oldsmokey wrote: »

Jaysus, I thought I was the only one...Sure that piece she did about the lass from Killorglin was like something a child would put together - she was mystified as to how a 24 yr old could OWN the place...OMG...like she ~OWNS it...savage
Onto your man Darragh then with HIS stupid accent and his condescending 'farming for children + idiots' slot...RTE should can the series, or re-title it 'Away with the fairies' ,or 'In my faaathers time' , or maybe 'My little pony'.
Drivel.

Darragh is surely a clown he kept saying to the bandon man why steam engines why please tell me why, Darragh why are you such a clown why please tell me.

sea12

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Darragh is surely a clown he kept saying to the bandon man why steam engines why please tell me why, Darragh why are you such a clown why please tell me.

It was pure drivel. Think they should can it and make a new programme. Have one item per episode for 30 mins and do a decent job on it.

The only reasoned I stayed watching it was for the girl that took over the farm. Good looking and smart. Great combination

Greengrass1

Watchinh Ffiermo on s4c
Whole programme based on young farmers.
One lad only out if college assistant manager on wales biggest dairy farm. 2000 cows and 2000 followers.
Your man was calving a cow and presenter got stuck in getting fluid out of its nostrels.
Wouldn't see Ella at that she would need 10min on explaining how ye do it.
Very good programme worth a watch

Muckit

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Watchinh Ffiermo on s4c
Whole programme based on young farmers.
One lad only out if college assistant manager on wales biggest dairy farm. 2000 cows and 2000 followers.
Your man was calving a cow and presenter got stuck in getting fluid out of its nostrels.
Wouldn't see Ella at that she would need 10min on explaining how ye do it.
Very good programme worth a watch

Pity no subtitles though! :-) l liked the bracket he had made up to mount stomach pump on gate

Greengrass1

Muckit wrote: »

Pity no subtitles though! :-) l liked the bracket he had made up to mount stomach pump on gate

Press help on your remote and turn them on

Sam Kade

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Watchinh Ffiermo on s4c
Whole programme based on young farmers.
One lad only out if college assistant manager on wales biggest dairy farm. 2000 cows and 2000 followers.
Your man was calving a cow and presenter got stuck in getting fluid out of its nostrels.
Wouldn't see Ella at that she would need 10min on explaining how ye do it.
Very good programme worth a watch

Ella would be too engrossed in perfecting her false accent :mad:

faigs

rangler1 wrote: »

Don't have much time for Darragh, Irish people are too far removed from farming for RTE to be putting on farming programmes, I wonder how many watch it, farming doesn't attract advertising revenue, even TG4 will run out of material fairly quick

Usually upwards of 400k or 28% of the tv audience. It would be a lot less if it was purely for farmers, like it or not most of the viewers are in Dublin city.

ganmo

faigs wrote: »

Usually upwards of 400k or 28% of the tv audience. It would be a lot less if it was purely for farmers, like it or not most of the viewers are in Dublin city.

I don't think there are too many dubs tune into ettg. It is seen as a programme for farmers by them.

Base price

ganmo wrote: »

I don't think there are too many dubs tune into ettg. It is seen as a programme for farmers by them.

I work as a consultant with Dubs (am a Dub myself) and a good few of them watch it. We forget that a lot of people living in Dublin are either directly from a farming background or their parents were and therefore retain an interest in all things agri related.
I often meet people (exiled country folk) who have more of a graw for farming then some farmers that I know.

micraX

ganmo wrote: »

I don't think there are too many dubs tune into ettg. It is seen as a programme for farmers by them.

I'm a dub and I turn in for that reason, it being a farming program

ganmo

Ya I'd say a lot of ppl who grew up on farms would like it. Maybe it's a north side south side thing cause I don't think I can think of any non farmers that watch it(or admit to it)

whelan2

on now