Irish Farmers Journal podcasts
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Ep 1280: Farm Tech Talk Ep 277 - Weanling management, CAP 2028, investment on farms and nutrient management
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adam talks about weanling management, Darren discusses CAP 2028 and Martin looks at investment on farms. Also, Adam meets with John Brennan ...
Ep 1279: Farming News - Minister on CAP, land prices and forgotten farmers
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Noel Bardon gets into the detail of an exclusive meeting held with the Minister for Agriculture on the future of the CAP, Declan O’Brien t...
Ep 1278: The Tillage Podcast - Income issues, prices and UK wheat
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we talk harvest, tillage incomes, grain prices and as always look at this week’s paper. We chat to Cork woman Aoife...
Ep 1277: Farming News Special - Minister Heydon's views on Commission CAP cuts
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The European Commission’s radical proposals to cut the ringfenced funding available for the next CAP by 20% has shaken the farming sector. We ...
Ep 1276: Young Stock Podcast - All things TikTok, Tractor tuning and building a business from the age of 22
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks Youngstock Podcast, Gary Abbott speaks to young agri mechanic and tractor tuning specialist Ben Dunford, who set out at the age of...
Ep 1275: Food Island Episode 5 - The current climate
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have delved into Ireland's rich history of food and agriculture, and now it's time to face our current reality. What is Ireland's place in an incre...
Ep 1274: Farm Tech Talk Ep 276 - Reaction to the new CAP, grain and straw prices, and farm safety with ESB Networks
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this show, Adam discusses suckler farmers' reaction to the new CAP, Darren covers the CAP 2028 plans, Siobhan updates on grain and straw prices, al...
Ep 1273: Farming News - CAP exclusive, hurley making and the derogation
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the news team discusses all things CAP, how ash dieback is impacting hurley making as well as the latest on Ireland’s renewal of the nitra...
Ep 1272: The Tillage Podcast - Prices, catch crops and harvest
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we chat about winter wheat varieties and malting barley with Graham Byrne and Séamus Kearney from the Department of Agriculture...
Ep 1271: Young Stock Podcast - Stock judging and showing pedigree cows
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Caoimhe Sheridan interviews Hannah Greenan from the Greenlea herd in Co Monaghan and talks about stock judging. ...
Ep 1270: Food Island Episode 4 - The great leap forward into Europe
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the European Economic Community in the early 1970s profoundly changed the way we farm and produce food in Ireland, but this was also an era of...
Ep 1269: Farm Tech Talk Ep 275 - Easy calving suckler herd in Fermanagh, lamb performance at Tullamore Farm, nitrates derogation and managing the heat
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks about the easy calving suckler herd in Fermanagh. Darren updates on lamb performance at Tullamore Farm, while Aidan discusses ni...
Ep 1268: Farming News Podcast - derogation battle, budget demands and scheme appeals
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s news podcast, the team discusses the fallout from the terms of the derogation renewal, what farm organisations want in the budget and...
Ep 1267: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, seed and north east varieties
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we talk harvest, have all the lates tillage news and catch up with Irish Seed Trade Association president Tim O...
Ep 1266: Young Stock Podcast - Moffitt keeping all the irons in the fire hot
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Martin Merrick talks to Ava Moffitt who combines college life with helping run a suckler and sheep enterprise, a pub and the families but l...
Ep 1265: Food Island Episode 3 - A taste of independence
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three of Food Island, we are continuing our journey through the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture. This week, we explo...
Ep 1264: Farm Tech Talk Ep 274 - Record prices for Kerry weanlings, remaining ACRES payments, Moorepark 2025 and the current milk price
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam discusses the record prices for Kerry weanlings in July, Darren updates us on the remaining ACRES payments, and Aidan shares insights ...
Ep 1263: Farming News- Sizzling mart trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast Adam Woods discusses the mart trade, in particular the trade for autumn-born weanlings which has kicked off with a bang for 2...
Ep 1262: Special - Moorepark 2025
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Kennedy chats to dairy editor Aidan Brennan and special guests about key take home messages from the Moorepark Open Day. Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Ep 1261: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, UK farm visit and all the news
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to English farmer and Agrii researcher David Felce on his farm about soil, grass weeds and much more. We talk...
Ep 1260: Young Stock Podcast - Live from the fields at Crops and Technology 2025
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show, we take our listeners on the road as we record live from the Crops and Technology 2025 open day that took place on Wednesday 25...
Ep 1259: Food Island Episode 2 - Feast and famine
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this six-part podcast series, we are looking into the past and present of Irish food and agriculture and asking: by better understanding the past, ...
Ep 1258: Farm Tech Talk Ep 273 - Mega finishers in the cattle trade, Athenry Sheep Festival 2025 and Moorepark 2025
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks about mega finishers in the cattle trade while Darren gives the lowdown on Athenry Sheep Festival 2025 and Aidan chats about wha...
Ep 1257: Farming News - tractor driver tests, bushes and farm incomes
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The potential for tractor driving tests, overgrown bushes costing hauliers money, Michael Healy-Rae and the national farm survey all feature on this w...
Ep 1256: The Tillage Podcast - Reporting from Crops event with Minister Heydon interview
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded this week’s Tillage Podcast at Crops and Technology. Jack Kennedy hosts with John Spink and Dermot Forristal from Teagasc and Gary Abbot...
Ep 1255: Young Stock Podcast – An insight into doing a PhD in agriculture
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show Rachel Donovan talks to Cian Minogue from Co Clare who chats about his PhD at UCD Lyon’s Farm, his next career move and ...
Ep 1254: Food Island Episode 1 - Land of milk and honey
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can our past help us navigate a more sustainable future in food production and our eating habits? Ireland has long been known as a food-producing...
Ep 1253: Big in Japan - Irish beef tongue, whiskey highballs and dairy
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish Farmers Journal travels to Japan to hear about the market opportunities for Irish beef, dairy and whiskey and hears from Minister for Agricu...
Ep 1252: Farm Tech Talk Ep 272 - Future of beef prices, TAMS and mixed signals on milk price by co-ops
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks about the future of beef prices, Darren talks to us on news that TAMS is nearly booked out and Aidan chats about mixed...
Ep 1251: Farming News - TAMS funds run low and farmer win on ESB pole compensation
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast hears of a risk that TAMS could soon run out of funding, the latest on sheep prices and farmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Ep 1250: The Tillage Podcast - Sunny Cork Crops and souped-up sprayers
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s tillage podcast we preview next week’s Crops and Technology event. We chat to Goldcrop’s John Dunne from the company’s 40th Ann...
Ep 1249: Young Stock Podcast - Family, farms and 550 dairy cows in Louth – Sean Callan
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb speaks to young farmer Sean Callan, who runs a busy dairy, beef and tillage farm alongside his broth...
Ep 1248: Farm Tech Talk Ep 271 - Weanlings heading for Italy and making over €3,000, 48-page Protecting Payments supplement , balancing stocking rate and soil nutrients
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks Italy bound weanlings fetching over €3,000, Darren about his 48-page Protecting Payments supplement and Aidan on balancing sto...
EP 1246: Farming News - Weanling trade, analysis of record calf prices and milk supply
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the team discuss who’s driving the demand for weanlings around mart rings, record calf prices, the increase in fertiliser sales as well as...
Ep 1247: The Tillage Podcast - Reporting from Cereals in the UK and crops in Co Louth
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we report from the Cereals event in the UK and have the newly released planting survey from the AHDB. Brian Reilly from Drummonds joins us w...
Ep 1245: Young Stock Podcast - Dovea salesman shows off his suckler herd
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Young Stock Podcast sees us travel to Adrian Bourke’s suckler farm near Ballywilliam in Co Tipperary.Adrian has worked for Dovea Genet...
Ep 1244: Farm Tech Talk Ep 270 - Beef trade, lamb prices, dairy breeding season and trade
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk to Adam about the beef trade, chat to Darren on lamb prices, and Aidan covers the breeding season. Lorcan Roche-Kelly also speaks t...
Ep 1243: Farming News - ACRES; organic cattle prices and climate change
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ongoing delays to ACRES payments, organic cattle prices and the impact climate change could have on land all feature on this week’s podcast. Hosted ...
Ep 1242: The Tillage Podcast - 'we have been looking for €65m funding for tillage sector'
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Tillage Podcast, we chat to Irish Farmers Association grain committee chair Kieran McEvoy about support for tillage, the target to incr...
Ep 1241: Young Stock Podcast - From selling 600hp John Deere’s in Australia to becoming branch manager in Clare
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Eoin Murphy who tells us about his career, from milking cows in New Zealand, to selling 600hp tractors in Australia ...
Ep 1240: Farm Tech Talk Ep 269 - Beef price, CAP numbers, April milk price and managing nutrients
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks about beef price, Darren about CAP numbers and Aidan about April milk price. Adam also chats with Clodagh Bolger from Grassland ...
Ep 1239: Farming News - battle for Barne, ACRES and Meath crime gang
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we hear the latest in the battle for Barne Estate, have an updated on ACRES from the Minister for Agriculture and hear about a c...
Ep 1238: The Tillage Podcast - all the details of a practical, flexible tillage scheme
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast we chat to Cathal Somers. Cathal is a water quality specialist with Teagasc and tells us all about the Farming for Water Prog...
Ep 1237: Young Stock Podcast - Top of the crop
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We take to the road for this week's Young Stock Podcast as Sarah McIntosh attends the Teagasc/FBD student of the year award ceremony. The awards, spon...
Ep 1236: Farm Tech Talk Ep 268 - Finishing operation in County Meath, farm schemes milk price top-ups and financial risks.
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam talks about a finishing operation in Co. Meath, Darren updates on farm schemes and Aidan delves in to milk price top ups. Also, Lorcan...
Ep 1235: Farming News - Fears over future of CAP, surge in cattle exports and Dublin protests
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the show we discuss the future of CAP payments, the surge of cattle and calf exports and we here from IFA and ICOS who were protesting ou...
Ep 1234: The Tillage Podcast -Sunshine on crops in Co Cork
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we chat to farmer Rob Coleman on his farm in Co Cork. We talk crops and BASE Ireland. We look at the paper from direct drilling ...
Ep 1233: Young Stock Podcast - Showing sheep at Balmoral and young farmers
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Amy Forde speaks to Jack King, a pedigree sheep breeder from Ballymena, and Richard Beattie, president of the Youn...
Ep 1232: Farm Tech Talk Ep 267 – Live at Balmoral Show 2025
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re at the Balmoral Show with a panel of guests talking about what’s happening in the different sections. Also, we chat about the big...
Ep 1231: Farming News - Future of farm payments, reseeding and Balmoral soundbites
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news team discuss the future of farm payments and what the next CAP could look like, proposals from Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture...
Ep 1230: The Tillage Podcast - “Make the best decision with the info you have” – agronomist
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we chat to George Blackburn, an agronomist with Cooney Furlong Grain Company on spring barley, winter wheat and all things spray...
Ep 1229: Young Stock Podcast - Contracting in the Banner County and tricky transmission rebuilds
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Gary Abbott speaks with Cathal Nolan a young graduate of MTU Kerry now working alongside his uncle Shane who runs a tillage farming and agr...
Ep 1228: Farm Tech Talk Ep 266 - Beef price, schemes, recommendations around feeding milkers and farm finances
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat to Adam about beef prices, to Darren on schemes and we get an update from Aidan on recommendations around feeding milkers. We also c...
Ep 1227: Farming News - New TB rules, cattle shortage and milk supply
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the news team discusses new TB proposals, a shortage of cattle and milk supply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Ep 1226: The Tillage Podcast - rust, rules and plant protection products
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we talk to Gareth Bubb on a possible new yellow rust strain, pesticide formulations and crops in the UK. Gareth is the commercia...
Ep 1225: Young Stock Podcast - Bord Bia inspector and relief milker
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock Podcast goes on the road to Boher, Co Tipperary to speak to Eoin Kennedy.Kennedy discusses his backgro...
Ep 1224: Farm Tech Talk Ep 265 - Scheme updates, grass growth and the latest from the dairy sector
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat to Darren on all you need to know about schemes, Aidan updates us on what is happening in the fields and Lorcan shares the latest fr...
Ep 1224: Farming News - Flashy show cows, TB and ACRES delays
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we hear from judges at the Emerald Expo in Cavan, discuss the emergency TB summit and ongoing delays to ACRES payments Hosted on...
Ep 1223: The Tillage Podcast - Walking crops in Wicklow
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we went walking crops with Quinns of Baltinglass agronomist James O’Loughlin in Wicklow and Kildare to see what’s...
Ep 1222: Young Stock Podcast - The President has left the building
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 lat...
Ep 1221: Farm Tech Talk Ep 264 - New suckler scheme, lamb prices, dairy breeding and milk prices
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Ep 1220: Farming News - cattle numbers tumble, €75/cow beef actions and peak milk
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 su...
Ep 1219: The Tillage Podcast - Spraying, potatoes and politics
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast we report from Brussels and meetings with politicians and Commission officials. We talk to Bayer on crop protection products ...
Ep 1218: Young Stock Podcast - Holstein Friesians, pedigree Shorthorns and veterinary in Poland
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fe...
Ep 1217: Farm Tech Talk Ep 263 - Beef trade, sheep prices, ACRES rewetting, heifer numbers, grass growth and reseeding
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 1216: Farming News - New ACRES rewetting measure, mart trade and milk volumes
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
Ep 1215: The Tillage Podcast - Walking crops in Tipp and talking resistant weeds
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we walked crops in Tipperary with Dairygold agronomist Tim McCarthy. We hear from Teagasc’s VJ Bhaskar on glyphosat...
Ep 1214: Young Stock Podcast - Forging a prosperous career from a childhood passion for ag machinery
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Abbott talks to Peter Folan, a Tipperary man forging a prosperous career from a childhood passion for agricultural machinery. With no direct link...
Ep 1213: Farm Tech Talk Ep 262 - SCEP, schemes, cover for 2025 and looking to the future for Lakeland and Dairygold milk suppliers
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 1212: Farming News - Milk supplies, knackery throughput and meadow leases
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 1211: The Tillage Podcast - Looking for big yields in super weather
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 crop...
Ep 1210: Young Stock Podcast: Harvesting tens of thousands of acres down under
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Robb talks to Tony O’Flynn, Contract Seed Production Officer with Goldcrop about farming, college, the Australian harvest and his role with ...
Ep 1209: Farm Tech Talk Ep 261 - Beef prices, new sheep welfare scheme and Trump tariffs
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Ep 1208: Farming News - reaction to US tariffs, mart credit and foot-and-mouth
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks’ show we hear from the Minister for Agriculture, Tirlán chair and Dairygold CEO on US tariffs, discuss mart credit, farmland ownershi...
Ep 1207: The Tillage Podcast - spring has sprung in the North West
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 pl...
Ep 1206: Young Stock Podcast: Dealing with grief and returning to farming
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 pass...
Ep 1205: Farm Tech Talk Ep 260 - Popularity of rearing dairy beef calves, update on schemes and dairy quota’s
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
Ep 1204: Farming News - mart trade, anger over TB proposals, and designations
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast, the IFA react to “shambolic” TB proposals, planning under way for nature restoration plan and booming trade in marts. Ho...
Ep 1203: The Tillage Podcast - disease control and advice on liquid N
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 1202: Irish Horse Breeding: Bloodlines, Sweat and Tears.
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 reall...
Ep 1201: Young Stock Podcast - 24-year-old Tipperary contractor talks about setting up his own business
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 hi...
Ep 1200: Farm Tech Talk Ep 259 - Beef prices, lambing season and positive water quality results
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 E...
Ep 1199: Farming News: beef boom, Macra hustings and grass growth
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the booming beef trade, Macra’s 2025 presidential campaign and the two candidates in the running, cross compliance penalties, g...
Ep 1198: The Tillage Podcast - walking winter crops and planting update
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 lat...
Ep 1197: Young Stock Podcast: the making of Farming Simulator 25
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Softwar...
Ep 1196: Farm Tech Talk Ep 258 - Insights into beef prices, ACRES, GAEC and rewetting, as well as milk solids and spring AI
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we chat with Adam about the direction of beef prices, Darren shares insights on ACRES, GAEC and rewetting, while Aidan discusses milk solid...
Ep 1195: Farming News - flying mart trade, farm safety and rewetting
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Ep 1194: Tillage podcast: fine weather, new products and malt
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 followin...
Ep 1193: Young Stock Podcast - Shaun Diver-the man behind Tullamore Farm
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Youngstock podcast features none other than Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver, who chats to Martin Merrick about his life before Tullam...
Ep 1192: Farm Tech Talk Ep 257 - Ongoing ICBF dispute, high-spec calf shed and grazing conditions for early March
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 1191: Farming News - TAMS, GAEC 2 and the CAP budget
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 1190: The Tillage Podcast - fine weather, liquid N and malting barley
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep 1189: Young Stock Podcast - Resilience, community involvement and being a mature student
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ba...
Ep 1188: Farm Tech Talk Ep 256 - Rewetting plans, TAMS deadline, genotyping lab delays, matching early season grass.
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 al...
Ep 1187: Farming News - rewetting targets, calf boats and windblow
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. H...
Ep 1186: The Tillage Podcast - Fertiliser, whiskey and drier weather
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 1185: Young Stock Podcast - From teaching home economics to winter finishing
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Ep 1184: Farm Tech Talk Ep 255 - Calving progress on Tullamore Farm, next CAP, weather challenges and grass growth
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adam provides an update on calving progress at Tullamore Farm, while Darren shares his thoughts on the next CAP. Aidan discusses the weathe...
EP 1183: Farming News: Planned CAP shakeup, over €7/kg for beef and ICBF row
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 1182: The Tillage Podcast - prices, protein, payments and costs
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s Tillage Podcast features an interview with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, the Irish Grain growers Group’s Bobby Miller and Ki...