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COULD the greatest farmer in all of Ireland be living right here in Clare? If you think you have the agricultural skills necessary to prove that you are the top farmer then your chance to prove yourself has finally arrived.
Good Company Productions are currently producing a new TV show for TG4 called ‘Feirm Factor’, which will be filmed over the next few months and broadcast in Spring Pauley?
The show will see 12 farmers pitted against each other head-to-head in a
series of farming related tasks witha few ‘wider-world’ challenges thrown in for good measure – think Gladiator with wellies on.
The man or woman crowned Ire- land’s best farmer will win Land Rover Discovery worth more than €40,000.
“This series should really prove very popular in the farming commu- nity and we’re hoping to create a lot of interest in the wider community by making the show entertaining and informative and giving it nationwide appeal,” said Evan Chamberlain, Se- ries Producer of Feirm Factor.
“Tt will be filmed in agricultural colleges all over Ireland, so we’ll re- ally be covering a lot of ground re- gionally. It should be great craic.”
The eight part series will be filmed over a number of weekends in Au- tumn of this year so as to minimise the disruption to the farmers.
Organisers are looking for twelve farmers, aged between 18 and 60, who think they have what it takes to show-case the very best of Irish farming today.
The farmers will each be _ put through their paces by three as yet unnamed judges who will decide
who takes home the coveted prize and title of Ireland’s best farmer. The show will be broadcast through Irish but Irish is not essential to take part.
Series producers do say that a ‘cu- pla focal’ would be a bonus for an applicant.
Anyone interested in finding out more or taking part in the event should contact Daithi at Good Com- pany Productions on 087 2387 222 or email feirmfactor@t¢4.1e.
The closing date for applications 1s Spm on Friday July 4. For more in- formation on Feirm Factor check out www.te4.ie/feirmfactor.