Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

Elaine Houlihan is soon to finish her two-year stint as president of Macra na Feirme, and some 140,000km and copious cups of coffee later, we catch up with Elaine to reflect on her presidency.From the unexpected highs to the lower points, Elaine talks frankly about what the last two years of her life has entailed as head of Macra na Feirme, the organisation that is ‘’started by farmers, continues with friends.’’ From monthly visits to Brussels to representing the organisation, to club meetings in rural parishes, she has loved every minute. Elaine discusses what she will miss about the role, and what she looks forward to after she leaves the title to president elect Josephine O’Neill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 This week, we speak to Adam on the new suckler scheme, while Darren updates us on lamb prices and Aidan talks breeding and milk prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we discuss falling cattle numbers, rising water charges and what farmers will have to do to receive the full €75/head in Budget 2025's suckler scheme.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we report from Brussels and meetings with politicians and Commission officials. We talk to Bayer on crop protection products and the magic sprayer. We have news on a new potato fungicide. As always, we have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, veterinary student Patrick O’Donnell from Co Waterford speaks of his plans to set off working as a farm vet and why his family added a few pedigree Shorthorns to their high-EBI Holstein Friesian herd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk to Adam about the beef trade, we chat to Darren about sheep prices and ACRES rewetting, while Aidan talks about heifer numbers and grass growth. We also speak to Peter Linden from Grassland AGRO about reseeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week news correspondent Noel Bardon discusses the new rewetting measure under ACRES as well as well as a potential easing of rules around TAMS for young farmers. Deputy editor and beef and beef editor Adam Woods will join us to talk about the mart trade while news correspondent Declan O’Brien is going to discuss the rebound in spring milk volumes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we walked crops in Tipperary with Dairygold agronomist Tim McCarthy. We hear from Teagasc’s VJ Bhaskar on glyphosate resistance and we have all the latest news, the grain trends and the weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary Abbott talks to Peter Folan, a Tipperary man forging a prosperous career from a childhood passion for agricultural machinery. With no direct link to agriculture, Peter talks about growing up, finding work with a local contractor and how it later influenced his studies. Peter also discusses his time spent on placement, work related travel as well as his upcoming role with CNH in Basildon, England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about SCEP, we get an update from Darren on various schemes and Aidan talks about clover for 2025 and looking to the future for Lakeland and Dairygold milk suppliers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the news team brings you the latest on milk supply trends, knackery throughput and a recent uptick in farmers opting for traditional meadow leases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we look at the Crop protection magazine which is free inside this week’s paper. We chat to Dr Tom McCabe of UCD on how crops are looking, yield potential and disease control. We have a round up on crops across the country from our Accompany the Agronomist series and have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Robb talks to Tony O’Flynn, Contract Seed Production Officer with Goldcrop about farming, college, the Australian harvest and his role with Goldcrop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam about beef prices, Darren on the new sheep welfare scheme and we tackle Trump tariffs with Aidan. We also talk to Thomas O’Sullivan from Alltech and John Brennan from Grassland AGRO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks’ show we hear from the Minister for Agriculture, Tirlán chair and Dairygold CEO on US tariffs, discuss mart credit, farmland ownership and foot-and-mouth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we have a fieldwork update, a report on planting progress in the North West from Stephen Robb and news on anaerobic digestion planning applications. We look at the paper and have the grain trends report. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taking a break from the busy calving season to join us on this week’s Young Stock Podcast is Kate Fitzgerald. From a young age, Kate had a passion for livestock and farming. She would run home from school to help her father on their suckler farm outside Dungarvan. Unfortunately, her father passed away from suicide in 2017, which meant they had to make the hard decision to sell out the herd. At the age of 21, Kate got the cows ready for the sale and took on a full-time job in the local factory to support her family. We discuss her return to farming and why she decided to leave her full-time job to come into the farm enterprise with her husband, Shane and his father, John. She talks about completing the Teagasc green-cert in Kildalton and how she found the distant learning course. Being a woman in the sector, we talk about speaking up in discussion groups and the importance of having your say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 This week, we chat to Adam about the rise in popularity of rearing dairy beef calves, we get an update from Darren on schemes and Aidan talks about ten years on from when the quota brakes came off. We also caught up with Bryan Harte from Tirlán. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast, the IFA react to “shambolic” TB proposals, planning under way for nature restoration plan and booming trade in marts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we have an update on fieldwork, talk to Teagasc’s Steven Kildea on disease control, Luke Thornton of Omex on the do’s and don’ts of applying liquid nitrogen, we look at this week’s paper and as always have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ciara Leahy, Helen Sharp, and Caitriona Morrissey discuss breeding foals along with the ups and downs that go along with it, while Helen takes a really interesting visit to the vets at Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Tipperary native Kelum Harrington who left school at 15, and now is running his own sizeable agricultural contracting business.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam on beef prices, Darren on lambing and Aidan on positive water quality results. We also chat to Emma Swan from Alltech and Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss the booming beef trade, Macra’s 2025 presidential campaign and the two candidates in the running, cross compliance penalties, grass growth and the Irish wool sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s tillage podcast we have an update on fieldwork, report from the fields with David Leahy to look at winter crop agronomy, have the latest tillage news, chat maize and beet and have the grain trends and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show, James Hanly held a video call with American-based video gamer Kermit Ball.Kermit is the community coordinator at GIANTS Software for the game Farming Simulator 25, the world’s largest realistic farming-related videogame.He breaks down how the developers capture all the machinery and buildings in exact detail, some of the games new features and if real-life farmers make the best players. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat with Adam about the direction of beef prices, Darren shares insights on ACRES, GAEC and rewetting, while Aidan discusses milk solids and spring AI. Aidan also catches up with Bryan Harte, from Tirlán, on grass and feed supply.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast the team chats about the super prices for cattle in marts, payment penalties for farm safety breaches and rewetting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we hear about new herbicide Manhattan and a new fungicide for barley.We chatted to the IFA’s Kieran McEvoy following the National Malting Barley meeting on Monday night. As always, we have the latest tillage news and the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s Youngstock podcast features none other than Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver, who chats to Martin Merrick about his life before Tullamore and what has changed on the farms since 2018.Compared to dairy farms, there are only a handful of beef or sheep farms throughout Ireland that have a full-time farm manager who is responsible for the day to day running of a mixed enterprise. Cue Shaun Diver, an Inishowen native who took on the responsibility of running the Tullamore Farm at just 22 years of age in the middle of spring 2018, and who has been at the helm of the ship since.I talk to Shaun on what lead him to Tullamore; his home farm, his education after school and his stint of four years working on a large-scale beef, sheep and tillage farm in Tipperary that equipped him with the skills and autonomy to step in to Tullamore Farm and turn it in to the efficient farming system it is today. We also talk about changes to the farming system, with the addition of Easycare ewes to the sheep flock and the switch to 100% with more sexed semen used due to heat detection collars in the suckler herd. Shaun’s two loyal assistants, farm dogs Niko and Bella, also feature, without whom the running of the farm would not be possible, and we also chat about what is to come up in the Tullamore Farm’s new video series, which will feature a monthly video on topical matters and real-life farming issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam about the ongoing ICBF dispute, Martin about what is included in a high-spec calf shed, and Aidan about grazing conditions for early March. We also chat with Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO and Cathal Bohane from Alltech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TAMS, calf exports, GAEC 2 rules for peatlands and the CAP budget all feature on this week's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hope you’re listening t the podcast from the tractor, the field or the fine outdoors this week. On this week’s show we chat to Edward Dickinson from Omex, hear from malting barley award winner Liam Day and chat to the IFA’s Alice Doyle. We also look ahead to the IFA’s National Malting Barley meeting and have all the tillage news, grain trends and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Anne O'Donoghue talks to John Martin Carroll from Co Kerry about getting through hard times, giving back to his local community and going back to study as a adult. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam on how rewetting plans are going down, to Darren on the upcoming TAMS deadline and Aidan on genotyping lab delays. Aidan also caught up with Tirlán’s Bryan Harte on matching early season grass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks’ show we discuss the state’s push to rewet land, have an update on calf boats and the ongoing fallout around windblow in forestry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we have some advice for crop management and fertiliser spreading when for when the weather and ground conditions improve. We hear from Dermot Forristal on on farm trials, have all the latest tillage news and the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show Rachel Donovan chats to Josephine O’Neill from Bennettsbridge in Co Kilkenny.Josephine is a home economics and Irish teacher who hails from a beef and tillage farm. She is the second candidate in the Macra presidential race to be interviewed on the Youngstock Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam provides an update on calving progress at Tullamore Farm, while Darren shares his thoughts on the next CAP. Aidan discusses the weather challenges in Cork, and Adam also speaks with Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO about grass growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss the major shakeup planned for CAP post 2027, beef prices which are on the rise again this week as well as the latest on the row that continues to rumble on between ICBF and breed societies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s Tillage Podcast features an interview with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, the Irish Grain growers Group’s Bobby Miller and Kieran Duggan from Tirlán. We have all the latest on malting barley, grain prices and we look at the tillage pages which feature crop costs and returns and fungicide star ratings.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, young agri contractor Conor Murphy from Co Cork chats about the path he took into the family contracting business, gives advice to young people eager to get going with tractor work and explains his thoughts on the future of contracting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about who is getting €7 per kilo for beef, to Darren on the details around the new rules for peat soils and Aidan on the benefits of early grass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss how new land drainage rules could negatively impact BISS payments, we talk about ACRES and the 15,000 farmers who have yet to be paid for actions already carried out and we also hear the latest from ICSA’s AGM which took place on Thursday night – on the night Rachel Donovan spoke to Micheál Brady from Axa on farm insurance and also the newly appointed Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we report from the Tirlán grain awards from markets to members and we hear from Teagasc’s Bridget Lynch on cover crop trials. We have all the latest tillage news including tillage payments, cuts to Boortmalt contracts and forward prices. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Journal have launched its Land Price Report for 2024. Join host and editor of Irish Country Living Ciara Leahy, Land Report Editor Paul Mooney and Rural Affairs Journalist Jacqueline Hogge as they are joined by Martin Clarke, Commercial Manager at IFAC to discuss its findings. They bring their insights to the price of land across the country and talk about building homes in rural Ireland.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Young Stock Podcast, James Hanly went on the road to St Brendan’s Community School in Birr, Co Offaly to meet their four students who won the Certified Irish Angus beef school’s competition.Now fifth year students, Jack O’Meara, Moya Guinan, Joseph McLoughney and Ben Youngeare now rearing five calves as part of the competition as they plan on selling them to the factory in less than six months.The group also look to the future as they will fly to Brussels in March to make a presentation to MEPs about sustainable agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about the row between the breeds societies and ICBF, to Darren on the latest ACRES queries and Aidan on new moves by the AI companies. Adam also chats to John O’Loughlin from Grassland AGRO on all matters fertiliser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show, we speak to Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, talk about the ICBF Euro-stars indices and discuss the cancellation of a calf boat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s tillage podcast we hear about flour from peas and beans, carbon stored in tillage soils, differences in establishment systems and we have all the latest tillage news as well as the grain market and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.