Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

On this week’s tillage podcast we report from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference and chat to Steven Kildea on pesticide reductions. We hear from the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food and Ciarán Collins chats through spring varieties and diesel use.We have all the latest tillage news, 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 Donal O’Neill, Ingredients Sales Manager with Camida, about college, working in the UK, GAA success and the future of farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about dairy beef margins, Darren on lamb prices in 2025 and Aidan on where he expects milk prices to go in 2025. Adam also chats to Catherine Heffernan from MSD Animal Health on farm technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we listen back to excerpts from the IFA AGM which was attended by European Commissioner for Agriculture Cristophe Hansen. We also discuss the latest in politics as well as trends around TB reactor numbers.This podcast is brought to you in association with Toyota Ireland. Check out the all new Landcruiser in your local Toyota dealership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Lyndon Cathers of Soil Capital on how the company’s partnership with Boortmalt works and how farmers will be paid for carbon and for environmentally farming practices.We also report from the Dairygold and Kerry tillage conferences, chat about planting beans with Liam Leahy 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.

Macra president Elaine Houlihan joins us on this week’s Young Stock Podcast to talk farm succession and the potential for a farm retirement scheme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we discuss the new TB proposals with Adam Woods, we chat to Darren Carty on higher Irish sheep prices and we also hear from Martin Merrick on calf housing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Anne O’Donoghue discusses the commitments for farming in the programme for government as well as the new ministers for agriculture, Noel Bardon looks at new rules for farmers on peatlands and wetlands and updates us on the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany last week. We also hear from both sides of the Dairygold debacle – farmers voice their opinion and Dairygold’s CEO Michael Harte gives his side of the story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to managing director of Boortmalt Stuart Sands on expansion, carbon and forward prices. Séamus Kearney of the Department of Agriculture joins us to talk about the spring cereals Recommended Lists.As always, we have the latest tillage news, the grain trends report and the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Central Applications Office (CAO) is the organization responsible for overseeing undergraduate applications to colleges and universities in the Republic of Ireland. With the closing deadline on 1 February, it's important that students get the right advice on navigating through their college courses.  That's why on this week's Young Stock Podcast we have a special episode where Rosalind Skillen, features journalist with Irish Country Living and Sarah Gilsenan, production assistant in Traction sit down with careers and education journalist Sarah McIntosh to discuss their own educational pathway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear from Adam on the new TB proposal, Darren on scanning ewes and what to do with the results and Martin updates us on the much-anticipated new slurry storage TAMS grants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we cover how farmers are coping with the snow and ice, we hear how new proposals could curtail cow sales for herds gone clear of TB, we discuss beef sales and cattle prices and we also discuss how FBD are warning farmers to check their insurance cover.This podcast is brought to you in association with Toyota Ireland. Check out the all new Landcruiser in your local Toyota dealership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s Tillage Podcast hears from the US about a decision support system called FieldView. We have figures on the areas of straw in the Straw Incorporation Measure. We run though some of the upcoming events in the tillage calendar. As always, we look at the latest grain prices and 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.

On this week’s podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Westmeath man Andrew Bonham who currently works as sales consultant with well known John Deere dealers Meath Farm Machinery. Andrew talks about his time growing up, his studies and how he found himself sheering sheep at an all-Ireland level. Andrew allows discusses how he transitioned from working as a mechanic to sales and as well as provides his outlook on the 2025 machinery market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 This week, we chat new year beef prices with Adam Woods, a shortage of lamb on the horizon with Darren Carty and Siobhan Walsh chats about how Kentucky whiskey might have something the Irish need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear the breed trends behind 2024’s weanling trade, the RSA’s plans to review the age rules for driving tractors and get the latest TB reactor figures.This podcast is brought to you in association with Toyota Ireland. Check out the all new Landcruiser in your local Toyota dealership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Martin Merrick talks to PhD student Jake Delaney on all things sheep, from his home farm to his studies in Athenry on lameness.Jake Delaney is very much flying the flag for the sheep industry in Ireland. From a (controversial) flock of Jacob and commercial ewes to his college thesis that ended up being similar to his PhD, I chat to Jake about all things sheep related, namely his study on lameness in the Irish flock. With very little research completed here in Ireland, Jake is seeking to find out the prevalence of lameness in Irish flocks, some of the main causes and what treatments are working best for farmers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we do something different as we review the big stories of 2024. Some of the rows, the ups and downs in the markets and the opinions of our sector specialists as we travel through 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Sarah McIntosh speaks to primary school teacher Katie Helen who has just completed her regional work on a 1,200-cow enterprise in Australia.Like many other 26-year-olds across Ireland, Katie Helen is spending this Christmas Down Under with her friends in Melbourne.Hailing from a dairy farm in Foulkesmill’s Co-Wexford, Katie moved to Australia earlier this year to see what life was like on the other side of the world. She recently finished working on the Cheelonga Farm owned by the Graham Family, where they milk 1,200 cows consisting of Brown Swiss, Holsteins, Jerseys and crossbreeds, managing 2,000 acres across three different farms. Katie discusses the challenges and opportunities of moving to Australia and offers advice for anyone thinking of making the move.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat about the Mercosur deal with Adam, sheep prices and body condition scores with Darren and the Kerry deal with Aidan. We also talk to Grassland AGRO’s Clodagh Bolger about the importance of soil sampling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.