Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

On this week’s show we talk to Haggard Stores agronomist Stephen McCabe about potatoes from blight and desiccation to new varieties and virus. We also hear how the cereal harvest is progressing in Stephen’s area and look at the tillage pages which feature the winter wheat recommended list. As always, we have the grain trends and the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode Rachel Donovan chats to Derry McCarthy from Rathmore in Co Kerry who recently graduated as a vet from UCD. They talk about repeating the leaving cert, job prospects for vets as well as current issues on farms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Farm Tech Talk comes from the Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, County Laois. Listen to Adam, Aidan, Darren and Siobhan talk about the prospects for the rest of this year and in to 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 James Hanly presents the final episode of this season's Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to James Flahavan, director of Flahavan’s, at the National Ploughing Championships. We have an exclusive story on the expansion to the Malting Company of Ireland, report from the Irish Drinks Forum, the latest grain prices and all the latest news. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Hanly presents Day Two of the Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Hanly presents the Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Youngstock podcast, Stephen Robb chats to Max Potterton, tillage farmer and IFA grain policy executive about college, working in the Farm Centre, farming with family and the future of tillage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam Woods on the details of the new Autumn Angus bonus. We also hear from Darren Carty on ACRES and Aidan Brennan on his recent trip to China and the future of grass-based milk production in Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen now to get the latest on the ACRES payment shambles, a roundup of co-ops’ outlook on dairy markets and what an ex-EU trade negotiator had to say on Mersour.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we chat to Drummond’s agronomist Brian Reilly in the north east on the harvest and planting. We have all the latest tillage news from harvest and cover crops to whiskey files, along with 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.

Amy Forde chats to plough woman Katie Kehoe ahead of the National Ploughing Championships next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam Woods chats about the beef trade, Darren Carty on the growing problems with resistance to dosing and Siobhan Walsh talks to us on straw price. Also, Adam chats to John O’Loughlin from Grassland AGRO on nutrient management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear from Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman on the derogation and Meat Industry Ireland’s Dale Crammond about beef exports.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special harvest podcast we visited a busy harvest intake in Co Laois and hear how things went in what was the peak weekend of harvest 2024 last weekend. Stradbally Town and Country’s Martin McDonald talks malting barley in his 36th harvest.As always, we bring you all the news from the paper, grain prices and have the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to David Thornton, a Kildare man who has recently been appointed as the Digital Solutions Consultant with Claas UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk to Adam Woods on positive beef prices, Darren Carty on booming ram and hogget prices and Aidan Brennan talks to us about his trip to a US milk factory and reviews Irish milk prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss the latest on a possible shortage of finished cattle towards the end of 2024 and the trade in marts as a result. We look into fertiliser testing as well as the speculation around a deal between Tipperary Co-op and Arrabawn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we talk to Wexford agronomist George Blackburn on the harvest so far, crop management through the year and planting cover crops. We have the results of a harvest yield survey, all the latest tillage news, the grain price report and look at the upcoming weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niamh Doherty from West Cork has recently been appointed the Vice President for Welfare with the Union of Students Ireland (USI).The USI is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland, representing more than 374,000 students in over forty colleges across Ireland.With the Leaving Certificate results out last week and CAO offers out this week, many students are navigating their way through the process and making decisions on their next steps. Over 250,000 students are expected to return to college this year, with over 100,000 living in the private rental market. One of the main challenges facing incoming college students is the accommodation crisis as they scramble to find somewhere to live in time for the academic year. 'There should be enough purpose-built student accommodation', says Niamh. She discusses the recently launched 'Digs Drive' and where students can turn to if they need support in college.Listen to the podcast below:To get in touch with your opinions and feedback on the podcast you can email [email protected] or leave a WhatsApp voice note at 0868366465. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk about the impact of the delayed harvest for livestock farmers, the latest news around slurry storage and how to manage poor August growth rates on dairy farms. We also talk to Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO on managing Autumn nitrogen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear of plans to extend the splash plate ban to 15,000 more farmers, Government plans to exempt slurry storage facilities from planning permission and positivity around milk prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we talk to Dairygold’s head of tillage, Liam Leahy, on harvest in Cork and the wider Dairygold region, grain quality, oilseed rape planting and much more. We have an update on falling grain prices. Straw prices and imports are a hot topic and that brings up the issue of grass weeds.We talk oilseed rape planting, bird watching, baling pictures and weather. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shannon Porter from Co Donegal set-up a milk vending machine on the home farm after coming home college in 2021. In the past three years she has added ice-cream and supplying milk to coffee shops to her business repertoire, all while working an on-farm job too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Darren discusses the sheep trade, Aidan examines the dairy market and Martin compares TAMS reference costs with actual fencing expenses. Aidan also speaks with Michael Murray from ESB Networks about temporary electricity supplies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we speak to news correspondents Anne O’Donoghue, Declan O’Brien and Noel Bardon to discuss succession and inheritance, land prices, Dairygold’s plans to take on extra milk, what to do with out of spec fertiliser and the links between rainfall and TB. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we chat to agronomist Kevin Looby. Kevin is based in Waterford and east Cork, working with Pat Denn Agri. He talks through yield and quality from the harvest so far and some of the things affecting yield in what has been a difficult year on tillage farms.We also talk changes to crop diversification and rotation requirements, the Baling Assistant Payment and have the grain price and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary Abbott speaks with Cork man, Andrew Shorten, Precision Ag Specialist with Vantage Ireland about his career to date, touching on his time spent studying, working with Claas in the UK and Australia as well as other opportunities along the way amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Andrew also discusses his decision to move back home in 2023 and offers an insight into his current role with Vantage Ireland and the role precision ag equipment can play within the future of Irish farming. Andrew also discusses the importance of promoting career opportunities within the machinery industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam discusses the positive weaning trade and the Beef Welfare Scheme, Martin covers the TAMS approval process and Siobhan talks about straw and forage crops that livestock farmers can grow. Adam also speaks with John O’Loughlin from Grassland Agro about fertiliser and fodder supplies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear of record price paid for weanlings, the number of farmers withdrawing from ACRES and the opening of the new €50/calf suckler scheme. This podcast is supported by ESB Networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we bring you the latest harvest report and news from the paper. We talk to Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich about gene-editing, genetic modification, explain how these technologies work and how they can be a help to agriculture and food production.We chat to Seedtech’s Nigel Whyte on cropping plans and as always 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.

A well-known figure in the sheep industry, Dwayne Shiels has many irons in the fire, and we found out just how he keeps them all hot.Lecturing, pedigree sheep farming and completing you PhD are busy individual tasks; throw the whole lot together and you get what Letterkenny man Dwayne Shiels balances in his day-to-day life. We chat to Dwayne about how he got started in the ag industry; growing up breeding Milfords with his grandfather, the tough decision to move to Dublin to study Ag in UCD, to completing a PhD and turning lecturer himself in ATU Letterkenny.Dwayne talks about the breeding programme on the farm, some of the breeds that have been added in recent years, as well as giving some tips to those wishing to start out their own pedigree flock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 This week, we talk to Adam about his Italian guests at Tullamore Farm and his conversation with Michael Murray from ESB Networks. Martin updates us on the store lamb market and Aidan discusses the lack of support for the dairy sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss a range of stories on this week’s podcast including the live export trade, vet shortages affecting sheep sales, tillage farmers being escorted around Electric Picnic, how it’s been a historically quiet summer for relief milkers and how tillage and dairy farms have sized up in the last 10 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we visit Co Cork to talk to Goldcrop’s John Dunne who started to harvest winter barley variety trials with a brand new plot combine this week.Conor Kehoe talks to Dr Kelly Jowett on the benefits of some beetles for soils. We look at this week’s paper, have details on the new Baling Assistance Payment, look at grain trends and have the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Noel Bardon discusses robotic milking and feeding systems with Lely farm management support adviser Sinead Gallagher. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam who’s reviewing the Tullamore Farm Open Day, to Darren about the ACRES changes and Aidan on the Nitrates Action Plan by An Taisce. We also talk about farm safety with Michael Murray from ESB Networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show we talk about the reinstatement of the Straw Incorporation measure (SIM), analyse the events of the passed week and discuss what happens next.We outline the early reaction to the €175/ha payment for baling, ask how it affects the tillage budget, where the money is going to come from for baling, the €100/ha support payment and actions from the Food Vision Group report.As always we look at this week's paper and have the grain prices and weather reports Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we bring you the latest on a new report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal of the future impact of red on the farming sector, new concerns on rewetting targets and Teagasc’s 2023 National Farm Survey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darragh Giblin who works with Dovea Genetics, Niamh Keane who works with Tirlán and Tommy O'Sullivan who is currently in Dubai working with Alltech are this week's guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talked to Adam on lower carcass weights, Darren about weaned lamb performance on Tullamore Farm and Aidan talks to us on nitrogen allowances. We also preview Tullamore Farm open day next Tuesday 23rd of July Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Farming News Podcast, the team are joined by tillage editor Siobhán Walsh who talks about farmers’ frustrations on the Minister’s decision to suspend the straw chopping scheme. Declan O’Brien outlines his story on Dairygold’s surcharge for weekend feed deliveries, Noel Bardon has figures on farmers winning appeals and the team discusses is farming the right preparation activity for the day before an All-Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special The Last Straw Podcast Jack Kennedy talks to tillage editor Siobhán Walsh on where we currently stand on the Straw Incorporation Measure.Farmers Pádraig Connery from Waterford and Danny Doyle from Kildare tell us how they have already chopped and fear they won't be paid. They detail the money they will lose if the scheme is abandoned, how they don't know whether to keep chopping crops or not and the the loss of confidence in the Departmemt of Agriculture. Stephen Robb shares reaction from farmers across the country and the view from Donegal.Kieran McEvoy of the IFA and Bobby Miller of the IGGG detail what the Minister has said in talks and when they will meet next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast Siobhán Walsh and Stephen Robb chat about the Minister for Agriculture's idea to suspend the Straw Incorporation Measure for 2024. They detail some of the reaction they received from farmers on the announcement and talk through what they think is an unbelievable decision by the Minister which will hit tillage farmers hard in an already difficult year.Also on the show Niamh Murphy talks to Tipperary farmer Niamh Murphy about improving his farm's sustainability. We have the grain market report and this week's weather forecast.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Stephen Robb talks to tillage and dairy farmer Colm Carpenter about his decision to diversify his farm into biomethane, what it means for farmers and how to get the dairy industry involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam on the details of the National Beef Welfare Scheme, Darren about the latest market twist for lambs and Aidan Brennan talks to us on Dairy Beef Open Day. Darren also talks to Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Farmers frozen out of this year’s €50/head Beef Welfare Scheme, positive moves by the agriculture industry to see emissions from the sector fall by 4.5% as well issues around succession and why farming may not be appealing to younger people are among the topics discussed on this week’s podcast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s tillage podcast we’re focusing on varieties. We chatted to the Department’s Séamus Kearney at the Irish Seed Trade Open Day held at the Department of Agriculture’s Farm in Ballyderowan, Co Cork. Séamus talks all things winter and spring barley.We also caught up with Dirk Hamke of Beun Seed. Breun are responsible for varieties like the famous JB Diego winter wheat and Gretchen spring barley. They had some good spring barley varieties in the trials at the seed trade open day to watch out for as well.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the youngest ever president of the Agriculture Science Association, Niamh has had a busy year organising various events and information evenings.She gives us an exclusive on this year's conference taking place on the 5 September in the Lyrath Estate, Co Kilkenny. Starting in a graduate role in Glanbia, Niamh is now the livestock identification and intelligence division manager at Mullinahone Co-op managing over 30 staff members.With an interest in education and knowledge transfer, she is also in the middle of her second master's degree, Environmental Sustainability in University College Dublin.  Niamh emphasises the importance of taking opportunities as they arise even if you are not fully sure of what you want to do.  Along with this, we settle the debate of do you eat or drink a cappuccino in the quick-fire round. To get in touch with your opinions and feedback on the podcast, you can email [email protected] or leave a WhatsApp voice note to 086 836 6465. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk to Adam about the boom in suckler weanling prices, Darren on the latest lamb price and Aidan on his trip to Grassland Farmer of the Year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.