This week on Organic Matters, technical director with Germinal Ireland Dr Mary McEvoy, discusses the best ways to grow red clover and MSS organically. She also discusses the best techniques for establishing covers and the benefits of reseeding land.

This week on Organic Matters, we talk to well known organic farm advisor Mary Lynch. She tells us the do's and don'ts of making good quality silage and advises farmers on the best investments to make if they're considering applying for a 60% organic TAMS grant.

Link to organic TAMS - https://www.gov.ie/en/service/d7556-organic-capital-investment-scheme/

This week on Organic Matters, we speak to Sean Ring from Kilkenny about his organic poultry farm. Sean explains the challenges and opportunities facing organic poultry producers and his plans for the future.

This week, Organic Matters speaks to Super Soil, about their Irish Organic Association approved product using microbes to help grow grass and crops. Presenter Hannah Quinn-Mulligan speaks to Jessica from Super Soil about how the product works, how it can be used and what the feedback has been from farmers.

This week, Organic Matters, meets Padraig Shevlin from Plant and Soil Solutions and Leslie Dwyer from FutureAg. Both discuss what their businesses can do in terms of correcting soil fertility and the impact that this can have on crops and livestock.

In this bonus episode, Hannah Quinn-Mulligan speaks to Robbie Byrne from Precision Nutrition about how to obtain optimum soil health on farms.

This week, Organic Matters, speakd to Tim O'Donovan from Seedtech about the growth in demand for organic seeds, particularly oats, and the challenges that Seedtech and organic farmers face in securing organic seeds.

This week, Eamon Wall, discusses the importance of genotyping sheep and why this is particularly important for organic sheep farmers who are less likely to be able to rely on using meal to finish animals.

This week, Organic Matters, looks at what farmers need to know when it comes to growing organic crops or reseeding grassland. We talk to Angela Clarke from the IOA about the requirements for buying organic or non-organic seed and Patrick Cashman, from Goldcrop discusses the varieties they have on offer and growing and sowing advice.

In the first episode of the second season, Hannah Quinn-Mulligan visits the Irish Seed Savers in Co Clare. General Manager Elaine Bradley, explains the important work they're doing, including sending seeds to the Doomsday vault in the Arctic and saving Ireland's heritage apple trees.