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