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Podcast: The Tillage Edge
Episode: A farming view from Poland
Description: Tim Bergin, a Dubliner, who is farming in Poland close to the Baltic sea joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to explain his experience of farming there.
Tim moved to Poland in 2002 and is now farming close to 1,200 ha of sandy loam soils. The total rainfall in the area is similar to Ireland but it’s drier than he would like in April and May.
Tim grows a mix of winter wheat, oilseed rape and potatoes as his main crops on the farm. Farm yields of potatoes and oilseed rape are similar or higher than Ireland and...