Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

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On this week's podcast, the ICSA call for an overhaul of the beef grading system, CAFRE Dairy Open Day, a young Limousin breeder outlines her future prospects and West Women in Farming at their conference in GMIT.Presenter: Hannah Quinn-MulliganSound engineer: Ferdia Mooney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bord Bia exports driven by dairy, former IFA secretary Pat Smith gives an exclusive interview and fodder shortages in Co Clare. Plus, the biggest land buyers of 2017 and lots more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast we hear young farmers with their thoughts on Brexit, Adam Woods with his expectations for Tullamore Farm in 2018 and a cow calving on New Year's night! Plus, how farming helped a man to change his life in New Zealand and the complicated matter of the EU Cross Border Directive is simplified by Irish Country Living's Tracey Donaghey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We meet an inmate and farm manager raising calves for the charity Bóthar to send to families in Africa in Shelton Abbey prison, and discuss what's coming up in 2018. We also take a look back at farm safety and the women in agriculture movement in Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Irish Grain Growers Association staged a protest outside the Guinness storehouse in Dublin this week, we hear from the CEO of Lakeland Dairies on the future milk price and the issue of rural homelessness is explored by Irish Country Living. Plus lots more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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An oireachtas committee this week published a report on future of the sector and our correspondent Amy Forde asked the Chair of the committee Pat Deering, what the main points from the report were.Brexit is an ever constant issue on the horizon, and Lord Curry known as 'the champion of farmers' spoke to our correspondent Peter McCann at Queen's University Belfast about Brexit negotiations, the future agricultural policy in the UK and the definition of the public goods that farmers provide.Farming remains the most dangerous occupation in Ireland with an average of 13 deaths per 1,000 workers on farms, compared to 2.5 deaths per 1,000 workers in other industries. Our correspondent Amy Forde asked Pat Griffin senior inspector for agriculture with the HSA, what needed to be done in farming to make it safer and ensure there were fewer fatalitiesSome of you will know that the the Irish Farmers Journal is hosting National Dairy Day at Punchestown Event Centre, tomorrow on the 23rd of November. Included in the line up of speakers is Craig Bell, man from New Zealand who is now Director of Letissima Dairy in Brazil. Our agri-business correspondent Lorcan Allen had a chance to catch up with him before the main event, and asked him how he'd got started in the industry. Now, rural crime remains is a serious issue in Ireland, with ongoing reports of attacks on farmers in isolated areas in particular. Amy Forde was in Dáil Eireann this week and asked Fianna Fáil TDs Jim O'Callaghan and Lisa Chambers, about a motion they were trying to put through to tackle rural crime.Last week Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed, CEO of Bord Bia Tara McCarthy, over 30 representatives from Ireland's food and drink sector and Hannah Quinn-Mulligan took part in a Bord Bia led trade mission in Japan and South Korea, and here's a report. And finally we have a special agri-jos focus in the paper this week, and our correspondent Thomas Hubert caught up with the writer of the piece Anthony Jordan to find out what job creation in the agri-industry was like at the moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lack of female representation was highlighted as a major issue at the annual Women and Agriculture conference, former IFA country chair Joan Fitzpatrick explains why she thinks they IFA need to improve. At this time of year tillage growers are starting to look ahead and plant their winter crops, but on the minds of many farmers is the effect this year's bad weather has had on tightening straw supply. Our correspondent Pat O'Toole went to the IFA tillage meeting in Enniscorthy, and spoke to Tom Short and Philip Rochford. How does a business survive the tests of time? Our correspondent Patrick Donohoe was at the Macra na Feirme annual conference and spoke to Michael Hoey, of Countrycrest, about the longevity of the Agri-food business With the abolition of milk quotas the dairy herd across the country is expanding and one of the programs that advises farmers is called Dairylink, Our correspondent and resident dairy expert Jack Kennedy met up with Conail Keown to find out a bit more about the scheme. Economist David McWilliams, is often known for his controversial opinions and last week at the Women and Agriculture conference, he told me that he supported that rise in stamp duty from 2 to 6%, an issue that will effect many farmers and their familes. However, he started our interview by outlining his reasons for why Ireland should side-step Brussels and negotiate a parallel Brexit deal with the UK. Farmers often struggle to find reliable farm labour but that wasn't an issue for Co. Clare farmer Patsy Curcurran last Sunday, when myself and over 400 people helped to herd his cattle up a mountain in Fanore to their annual winter grazing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

West Cork farmers band together to tackle the devastation left by two successive storms and a muti-million pig processing plant opens in Cavan. Pat O'Toole meets grain growers protesting in Kildare and we hear why recording sires is so important to beef farmers. Plus, the much awaited Women and Agriculture conference kicks off this week. Presenter - Hannah Quinn-MulliganProducer - Thomas HubertSound engineer - Ferdia Mooney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast we hear reports from the south of the country on the devastation wreaked by storm Ophelia, tillage farmers could be getting more for an acre of spruce trees than an acre of malt barley and secondary students make big future decisions as they attend open days agricultural colleges Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On Tuesday the IFA launched it’s strategy for the liquid milk industry to ensure the long term availability and viability of fresh local milk on shop shelves. Patrick Donohoe spoke with IFA's dairy and liquid milk executive Catherine Lascurettes about the strategy and the future of the sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast we talk to Agriculture Minister Michael Creed about the support he is trying to drum up in Europe ahead of Brexit negotiations, hear from the winners of the Certified Irish Angus Beef School Competition and find out how many jobs will be available at this year's Agri-Careers Fair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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