Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

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...

Ep 1181: Young Stock Podcast - The Cork contractor with a Grá for pit silage

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 pe...

Ep 1180: Farm Tech Talk Ep 254 - Who is getting €7 per kilo for beef, details around the new rules for peat soils and the benefits of early grass.

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

1179: Farming News - new peatland rules, ACRES and farm insurance cover

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1178: The Tillage Podcast - payments, awards and contract cuts

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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....

Ep 1177: Special - The Land Price Report 2024

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 P...

Ep 1176: Young Stock Podcast - Students who won Angus calf in school’s competition

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 w...

Ep 1175: Farm Tech Talk Ep 253 - Row between the breeds societies and ICBF, latest ACRES queries, new moves by the AI companies and all matters fertiliser

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1174: Farming News - Michael Healy-Rae, ICBF stars and calf boat cancelled

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1173: The Tillage Podcast - flour from beans, soil carbon and crop establishment

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1172: Young Stock Podcast - A day in the life - calving edition

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast Rachel Donovan chats to dairy farmer Jack Kearney from Rathcormac in Co Cork where calving is in full swing. Hosted on Acast....

Ep 1171: Farm Tech Talk Ep 252 - Aftermath of Storm Éowyn, top tips for lambing season, milk price and planning for calving 2025

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we chat to Adam about the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, to Darren on his top tips for lambing season and we also chat to Aidan on milk price a...

Ep 1170: Farming News - storm Éowyn fallout, succession and rural crime

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast, the news team discusses the ongoing fallout from storm Éowyn, the issue of delayed succession and a hear about a rural crim...

Ep 1169: The Tillage Podcast - Pesticide reductions, diesel use and the EU on tillage

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we report from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference and chat to Steven Kildea on pesticide reductions. We hear fro...

Ep 1168: Young Stock Podcast - Work-life balance and the future of farming - Donal O’Neill

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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....

Ep 1167: Farm Tech Talk Ep 251 - Dairy beef margins, lamb prices 2025, milk prices in 2025 and farm technology.

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1166: Farming News - IFA AGM, Dáil chaos and TB reactor numbers

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we listen back to excerpts from the IFA AGM which was attended by European Commissioner for Agriculture Cristophe Hansen. We also discuss th...

Ep 1165: The Tillage Podcast - Carbon payments, beans and conferences

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 wil...

Ep 1164: Young Stock Podcast - The future of farm succession

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Ep 1163: Farm Tech Talk Ep 250 - New TB proposals, higher Irish sheep prices and calf housing

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

EP 1162: Farming News - programme for government, foot-and-mouth outbreak and Dairygold disquiet

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 agri...

Ep 1161: The Tillage Podcast - Boortmalt chat and Department on recommended lists

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to managing director of Boortmalt Stuart Sands on expansion, carbon and forward prices. Séamus Kearney of th...

Ep 1160: Young Stock Podcast - CAO application special

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Central Applications Office (CAO) is the organization responsible for overseeing undergraduate applications to colleges and universities in the Re...

Ep 1159: Farm Tech Talk Ep 249 - New TB proposal, scanning ewes and updates on new slurry storage TAM grants.

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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-anticip...

EP 1158: Farming News - New plan to restrict cow sales to combat TB and the good will of farmers during the cold snap

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 disc...

Ep 1157: The Tillage Podcast - US technology system, straw and prices

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 I...

Ep 1156: Young Stock Podcast - From shearing sheep at an all-Ireland level to machinery sales

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Westmeath man Andrew Bonham who currently works as sales consultant with well known John Deere dealer...

Ep 1155: Farm Tech Talk Ep 248 - New year beef prices, a shortage of lamb on the horizon and Kentucky whiskey might have something the Irish need.

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 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 ...

Ep 1154: Farming News - 2024’s weanling trade and tractor driving rules under review

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1153: Young Stock Podcast: Ewe need some patience for sheep

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1152: Farm Tech Talk Ep 247 – Best Bits 2024

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1151: Young Stock Podcast: milking 1,200 cows and spending Christmas in Australia

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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-...

Ep 1150: Farm Tech Talk Ep 246 - Mercosur deal, sheep prices, body condition scores, Kerry deal and importance of soil sampling.

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Ep 1149: Farming News: New TB funding boost for vets, Kerry deal and ICSA presidential election

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast Adam Woods discusses the potential TB funding boost of €2m for vets, Lorcan Roche-Kelly brings us up to speed on the Kerry ...

Ep 1148: The Tillage Podcast: looking back on the tillage year

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast Pat O’Toole joins us to take a look back on the tillage year. The team look at the highs and the lows from spring cropping ...

Ep 1147: Young Stock Podcast - ‘Irish farmers like to talk just like Kansas farmers’

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Madeline Drake from Kansas State University joins us on the Young Stock Podcast this week to talk farming, agricultural communications and Donald Trum...

Ep 1146: Special - Tangney and Woulfe answer your questions on Kerry Co-op deal

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish Farmers Journal sat down with the men who led the negotiations from the Kerry Co-op side to question them on the deal which will be voted on...

Ep 1145: Farm Tech Talk Ep 245 – Live from Balmoral Winter Fair 2024

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are live from the Balmoral Winter Fair. We're here to chat about positivity on milk, beef and sheep prices. We'll also chat with Colin K...

EP 1144: Farming News: New calf boat, Kerry vote and a dog attack on Galway flock

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rachel Donovan talks to Anne O’Donoghue about a new calf boat which is currently in the offing, the latest on the upcoming Kerry vote and ...

Ep 1143: The Tillage Podcast - BYDV, US farming and Mercosur’s impact on tillage

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Pat O’Toole and Conor Kehoe and ITLUS’s Denis Dunne about Me...

Ep 1142: Tangney and Woulfe answer your questions on Kerry Co-op deal

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish Farmers Journal sat down with the men who led the negotiations from the Kerry Co-op side to question them on the deal which will be voted on...

Ep 1141: Denis Brosnan's view on proposed Kerry deal

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast editor Jack Kennedy sits down with former CEO and chair of Kerry Denis Brosnan to get his thoughts on what way shareholders shoul...

Ep 1140: Is Mercosur a done deal or can it be stopped?

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish Farmers Journal team debates whether the Mercosur deal will forge ahead or be derailed, and we talk to Charlie McConalogue and Martin Heydon...

Ep 1139: Young Stock Podcast - Working on a 2,500-cow farm in New Zealand

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is James Higgins from Co Wexford. James studies Dairy Business in University College Dublin (UCD) and recently won an award and bu...

Ep 1138: Farm Tech Talk Ep 244 - Mercosur trade deal, sheep price positivity, Kerry deal and vaccinations

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to Adam on the Mercosur trade deal, sheep price positivity with Darren and Aidan gives us his view on the Kerry deal. Adam also cha...

Ep 1137: Farming news - 2025 income estimates, payments and blackleg

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we discuss Teagasc's income estimates for 2024, Anne gives us the low-down on what scheme payments are being paid out this week and James ta...

Ep 1136: The Tillage Podcast -Profit predictions, carbon friendly products and payments

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we look at the Teagasc Outlook report which says 44% of tillage farms did not make a profit in 2024. We have an interview with T...

Ep 1135: Young Stock podcast - The Dolphin rearing heifers in east Galway

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Noel Bardon is joined by Shane Dolphin, who discusses the red tape facing young farmers and the key areas he is investing in to get a lease...

Ep 1134: Farm Tech Talk Ep 243 - Beef boom, sheep price positivity, Dairy Day ’24 and new fertiliser regulations

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk beef boom with Adam, sheep price positivity with Darren and Aidan gives us a taste of what was discussed at Dairy Day ‘24. Adam a...

Ep 1133: Farming news - beef trade, turkey sales and the land market

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Amy Forde discusses the red-hot beef trade, James Hanly tells us how turkey growers are finding demand ahead of Christmas while Declan O’B...

Ep 1132: The Tillage Podcast - Potatoes, harvest yields and winter area

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we hear from the National Potato Conference. We look over the Teagasc Harvest Report and winter cropping estimates, t...

Ep 1131: Young Stock Podcast - Dairy farmer Brendan Walsh from Co Tipperary

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show Rachel Donovan chats to dairy farmer Brendan Walsh from Co Tipperary who, alongside his father John, won this year’s Teagasc/F...

Ep 1130: Farm Tech Talk Ep 242 - Suckler and Schemes mart event, Dairy Day, calving heavy muscle sucklers and nitrate directive.

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we are debriefing on the week's events. In particular, the Suckler and Schemes mart event in Ennis with Adam and Darren and then Dairy Day ...

Ep 1129: Farming News - the weather, liver fluke and spuds

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s news podcast we discuss a liver fluke warning, future weather patterns and hear about a blight strain which could hit the potato crop...

Ep 1128: The Tillage Podcast - Blackgrass control in the UK, nutrition and Tipperary milk

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast Conor Kehoe talks to a researcher from blackgrass trials in the UK. We listen to John Martin from Centenary Co-Op on ...

Ep 1127: General Election special - Farming issues, the Bull McCabe and a politician on a buffalo

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen as the Irish Farmers Journal team debate the big issues that will sway the farming vote in the general election, take a tour around some rural ...

Ep 1126: General Election 2024 - live debate with farming candidates

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie McConalogue, Martin Heydon, Pippa Hackett, Martin Kenny and Eddie Punch take part in a live debate on the key issues facing farmers moderated ...

Ep 1125: Young Stock Podcast - Robert Beattie Terrachem

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Robb talks to Robert Beattie Business Development Manager with Terrachem and Meath tillage farmer about his role and the future of the sector....

Ep 1124: Farm Tech Talk Ep 241 - Live from the FTMTA machinery show

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 This week, we're live from the FTMTA machinery show in Punchestown. We will hear from our machinery specialists Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary A...