E182 That Great Business Show - There's money in moo belches & cattle need a Fitbit - Marion Cantillon, PJ Maguire, Gary Ryan

That Great Business Show

E182 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin

Marion Cantillon, founder Pitseal, makers of a silage pit top-secret sealant (partly seaweed but ssshhh!) that stops the use of plastic. When the cattle eat the seaweed/silage mix so far there's a sizeable cut in the cattle methane's output. She's studying for a PhD in aspects of methane emissions. You can guess which ones.

And, PJ Maguire of Moonsyst, a company that has created a Fitbit for cattle. It sits in the beast's reticulum, a 25 litre sac in the cow's innards, that gathers lots and lots of strange stuff. And he's trialling his bolus on cattle on a 6,000 cow farm in Rwanda. Where else but on That Great Business Show?

And, Gary Ryan, director of AgtechUCD (part of NovaUCD at University College Dublin) explains the challenges of the farming calendar. Another factoid you'll learn is that the Lyons Estate where AgtechUCD is based, is home to Europe's largest man-made (hand dug!) lake. Next up is a programme aimed at 'mid-career' individuals who may have the itch to do something for themselves.

Hire in a heartbeats include Ned Harty, Sam Shine, Denis Brosnan, Conor Petersen and Bill Gates.

With thanks to @mentorworks.ie

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