Kilkenny woman Helen Carroll asks Inistioge farmer why wool prices are so poor?

Its spring time on Ear to the Ground, and where else would Kilkenny woman, Helen Carroll be, only on a sheep farm in her own county at the start of a busy lambing season. She spent the day with James Murphy on Saddle Hill Farm just outside Inistioge.
James will be lambing over 300 ewes over the next couple of months but, while prices are strong for the meat that this year’s crop of lambs will produce, unfortunately the same can’t be said about the wool on their backs.
As well as enjoying seeing healthy lambs being born, Helen will be asking why are wool prices so poor - in fact, farmers can expect to receive so little for a fleece, that many don’t even bother selling it.
The programme is on RTE television this Thursday at 7pm on RTE 1.