Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

Ep 1082: Young Stock Podcast - Katie Kehoe on ploughing her own furrow in Laois

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

Ep 1081: Farm Tech Talk Ep 231 - Beef trade, resistance to dosing, straw price and nutrient management.

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 stra...

Ep 1080: Farming News - derogation, CAP changes and beef

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we hear from Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman on the derogation and Meat Industry Ireland’s Dale Crammond about beef exports. &...

Ep 1079: The Tillage Podcast - visiting a very busy Co Laois grain intake

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 las...

Ep 1078: Young Stock Podcast - Kildare man heads up digital solutions role at Claas

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 So...

Ep 1077: Farm Tech Talk Ep 230 - Positive beef price views, booming ram and hogget prices, US milk factory and a review of Irish milk prices.

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1076: Farming News - Cattle trade, fertiliser testing and Tipp Co-op speculation

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 fer...

Ep 1075: The Tillage Podcast - Wexford harvest, yield results and prices

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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....

Ep 1074: Young Stock Podcast - Student accommodation crisis

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 nation...

Ep 1073: Farm Tech Talk Ep 229 - Delayed harvest, slurry storage and poor August growth rates.

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1072: Farming News - 2025 splash plate ban for more farmers, moves on slurry storage permissions and milk prices

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1071: The Tillage Podcast - Grain prices and a harvest update from Cork

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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, oilse...

Ep 1070: Young Stock Podcast - selling milk direct to market in Donegal

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1069: Farm Tech Talk Ep 228 - Sheep trade, dairy market, TAMS reference costs with actual fencing expenses and temporary electricity supplies.

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Darren discusses the sheep trade, Aidan examines the dairy market and Martin compares TAMS reference costs with actual fencing expenses. Ai...

EP 1068: Farming News: Inheritance, land prices and out-of-spec fertiliser

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we speak to news correspondents Anne O’Donoghue, Declan O’Brien and Noel Bardon to discuss succession and inheritance, land prices, Dair...

EP 1067: “Hard conversations” to be had after harvest – Waterford agronomist

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1066: Young Stock Podcast 109 - Precision ag specialist with a touch of Claas

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gary Abbott speaks with Cork man, Andrew Shorten, Precision Ag Specialist with Vantage Ireland about his career to date, touching on his time spent st...

Ep 1065: Farm Tech Talk Ep 227 - Weaning prices, TAMS approval, forage crops and fodder budgets

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Adam discusses the positive weaning trade and the Beef Welfare Scheme, Martin covers the TAMS approval process and Siobhan talks about stra...

Ep 1064: Farming News - weanling trade soars, ACRES strife and the new suckler scheme

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 sche...

EP 1063 Tillage Podcast: Harvest, cropping plans and genetics

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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, g...

Ep 1062: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 108 - Many Irons in the Fire

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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, pedigr...

Ep 1061: Farm Tech Talk Ep 226 - Italian guests at Tullamore Farm, store lamb market and lack of support for the dairy sector.

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 This week, we talk to Adam about his Italian guests at Tullamore Farm and his conversation with Michael Murray from ESB Networks. Martin updates...

Ep 1060: Farming News - live export trade, electric picnic escorts and vet shortages at sheep sales

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss a range of stories on this week’s podcast including the live export trade, vet shortages affecting sheep sales, tillage farmers being esc...

Ep 1059: Tillage podcast: A new combine, yields, beetle and straw

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 co...

Ep 1058: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 107 - Are milking robots the future?

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Noel Bardon discusses robotic milking and feeding systems with Lely farm management support adviser Sinead Gallagher. Hosted on Acast. S...

Ep 1057: Farm Tech Talk Ep 225 - Tullamore Farm Open Day, ACRES, Nitrates Action Plan by An Taisce, farm safety

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 A...

Ep 1056: Tillage podcast: straw turnaround analysis and reaction

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

Ep 1055: Farming News - Red tape risks €3bn, fresh rewetting concerns and 2023 income slump

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 co...

Ep 1054: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 106 - Three UCD Ag grads, three years on

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Ep 1053: Farm Tech Talk Ep 224 - lower carcase weights, weaned lamb performance on Tullamore Farm, nitrogen allowances, preview Tullamore Farm open day Tuesday 23rd of July

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 allowan...

Ep 1051: Farming News - straw scheme scrapped, surcharges and milking before the All-Ireland

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Farming News Podcast, the team are joined by tillage editor Siobhán Walsh who talks about farmers’ frustrations on the Minister’...

Ep 1052: The Last Straw: farmers speak out on straw scheme

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this special The Last Straw Podcast Jack Kennedy talks to tillage editor Siobhán Walsh on where we currently stand on the Straw Incorpor...

Ep 1050: The Tillage Podcast - Disbelief at straw suspension

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's podcast Siobhán Walsh and Stephen Robb chat about the Minister for Agriculture's idea to suspend the Straw Incorporatio...

Ep 1049: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 105 - Diversifying my farm into anaerobic digestion

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Stephen Robb talks to tillage and dairy farmer Colm Carpenter about his decision to diversify his farm into biomethane, what it means for f...

Ep 1048: Farm Tech Talk Ep 223 - National Beef Welfare Scheme, market twist for lambs and Dairy Beef Open Day

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1047: Farming News - Beef scheme issues, emissions reductions and succession

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Farmers frozen out of this year’s €50/head Beef Welfare Scheme, positive moves by the agriculture industry to see emissions from the sector ...

Ep 1046: The Tillage Podcast -Varieties, trials and cereal breeders

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep 1045: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 104 - ASA president at the age of 30

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the youngest ever president of the Agriculture Science Association, Niamh has had a busy year organising various events and information evenings.Sh...

Ep 1044: Farm Tech Talk Ep222 - Weanling price boom, lamb price and Grassland Farmer of the Year

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep 1043: Farming news - weanling trade up, tillage area down and grass growth struggling

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we hear of positive signs for the weanling trade, a drop in the tillage area and lagging grass growth.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Ep 1042: The Tillage Podcast - yield estimates, cover crops, varieties and plans

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week's paper is a bumper tillage edition. We look at all the top stories in the podcast including details of a survey of agronomists from around ...

Ep 1041: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 103 - Teaching, growing crops and contracting- all in a days work

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to Conall Moore from Ballinamore Bridge in Co Galway about teaching agricultural scien...

Ep 1040: Farm Tech Talk Ep 221 – Beef 2024, ACRES, slaughter schemes, grass growth and fetillser

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 This week, we chat with Adam Woods on Beef 2024, Darren Carty on the latest in the ACRES and slaughter schemes. We also discuss grass growth cha...

Ep 1039: Farming News - suckler scheme delay, fodder shortages and fertiliser fines

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the news team discusses the lack of clarity around the National Beef Welfare Scheme, fodder shortages, fines for farmers bringing in un...

Ep 1038: The Tillage Podcast: varieties, carbon and prices

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's Tillage Podcast we talk to Neil Fuller about payments for carbon certified barley. Denis Dunne talks to us about managing seedtech's tr...

Ep 1037: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 102 - Managing 850 cows in New Zealand

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two years after first featuring on the Young Stock Podcast, Zac Elkin gives us an update from New Zealand where he is managing an 850-cow dairy farm. ...

Ep 1036: Farm Tech Talk Ep 220 - Tillage sector’s impact on livestock farms, latest twist in the ACRES payment milk prices and farm safety.

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to Siobhan on the tillage sector’s impact on livestock farms, Darren about the latest twist in the ACRES payment and Aidan talks t...

Ep 1035: Farming News - fertiliser black market, milk prices and bank loans

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast we discuss exclusive details of allegations of a black market for fertiliser emerging, the farmers who are facing delays to t...

Ep 1034: The Tillage Podcast: trials, downpours and nice crops on Cork farm

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we hear from farmer and trials manager at Goldcrop John Dunne who we spoke with at his farm during the company’s open days las...

Ep 1033: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 101 - Innovation and entrepreneurship with Nick Cotter

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Anne O’Donoghue chats to young entrepreneur Nick Cotter of Cotter Agritech about his various farming ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Ep 1032: Farm Tech Talk Ep 219 - One lady feeding 180 calves in under seven minutes, CAP money, what the EPA numbers reveal and second cut silage

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to Adam about one lady feeding 180 calves in under seven minutes, Darren on CAP money, Aidan on what the EPA numbers reveal. Adam a...

Ep 1031: Farming News -€15m CAP flattening swing to west and 2023's water quality

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 Listen now to get the latest on the impact of CAP payment changes, a big week for the lamb kill and 2023's water quality trends Hosted on Acast....

Ep 1030: The Tillage podcast: barley in Laois and soybeans in Springfield

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we hear from Evan Leeper, a farmer in Springfield, Illinois in the US taking part in a regenerative agriculture progr...

Ep 1029: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 100 - Teaching on a new crops course in UCD

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cathal McCabe joins us on this week’s Young Stock Podcast to chat about all things crops. Cathal has worked in crops research and is now a lecturer ...

Ep 1028: Farm Tech Talk Ep 218 - Beef price rise, top earners in CAP and VAT reclaim listing

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to Adam Woods about his take on the beef price rise, Darren Carty on top earners in CAP and Martin Merrick talks to us about what VA...

Ep 1027: Farming News - VAT debacle, milk price alarm on nitrates and ash dieback woes

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen now to get the latest on VAT claim backs, dairy sector nitrates warnings and the response to ash dieback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

EP 1026: The Tillage Podcast: Harsher weather hitting Cork crops

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we’re joined by Tim Looby, an agronomist with McDonnell Bros based in Co Cork. Tim chats about what’s happening i...

Ep 1025: Politics podcast - the race to Brussels remains tight

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Political correspondent Pat O’Toole outlines the lay of the land just days before voters go to the polls to elect the 14 MEPs who will represent Ire...

Ep 1024: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 99 - Handling success in the Kingdom

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, we speak to Joe Moynihan, the man behind the Co Kerry based business that is JM Agri Design, specialising in loa...

Ep 1023: Farm Tech Talk Ep 217 - Beef price, recent weight gains at Tullamore Farm, US developments in dairy breeding, second cut silage.

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we chat to Adam Woods on beef prices, Darren Carty on the recent weight gains at Tullamore Farm, Aidan Brennan on US developments in dairy ...

Ep 1022: Farming News - Politics, anaerobic digestion and mental health

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the news team discuss everything from politics ahead of European and local elections next week to anaerobic digestion, ACRES payment delays...

Ep 1021: The Tillage Podcast - hear the Irish promoting canola in Kentucky

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we chat to Claire Caldbeck of Rubisco Seeds who we met in the US last week. We hear about all things canola (oilseed rape), plan...

Ep 1020: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 98 - One man and his dog entertaining the world

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Though his Tik Tok username is Worlds Most Boring, sheep farmer and photographer Micheal Quinn from Co. Mayo entertains thousands of viewers with his ...

Ep 1019: Farm Tech Talk Ep 216 –Lamb prices up, beef trade, slurry storage and confusion over TAMS grants

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Darren Carty explains how exporter demand is driving lamb prices up, Adam Woods tells us about mixed messages on the beef trade and Martin ...

Ep 1018: Farming News - Small farmers, ACRES and land leasing

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show, we discuss the predicted exodus of small farmers, ACRES payments and new land leasing proposals.  Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Ep 1017: The Tillage Podcast -Walking crops from Ardee to Illinois

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we report from the US where we’re seeing plenty of corn and soybeans being planted and emerging. Editor Jack Kennedy and dairy...

Ep 1016: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 97 - 155th Balmoral Show

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This weeks Young Stock Podcast comes straight from the 155th Balmoral Show where Shanon Kinahan talks Pedigree while the sun shines and thousands of v...

Ep 1015: Farm Tech Talk Ep 215 – Live at Balmoral Show

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're live from the Balmoral Show! Tune in to hear the latest pedigree news and stories, get an update on the milk price situation, and exp...

Ep 1014: Farming News - organics, farm building and Munster hurling

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s news podcast the team discusses farm building works, organic farming, hear from the Taoiseach and discuss the Munster hurling champio...

Ep 1013: The Tillage Podcast - Walking crops in sunny Waterford

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we report on planting progress and crop condition across the country. We travelled to Co Waterford on Friday, 10 May to walk som...

Ep 1012: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 96 - Responding to trauma at Make the Moove

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, we speak to John Keane of the Make the Moove initiative which has put a crisis response team in place to deal wi...

Ep 1011: Farm Tech Talk Ep 214 - Beef price slide, BISS details, nitrates across Europe and farm safety.

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talked to Adam Woods on the beef price slide, Darren Carty on crucial BISS details and Aidan Brennan on nitrates across Europe. We also h...

Ep 1010: Farming News - TB, septic tank inspections and fertiliser penalties

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast Noel Bardon discuses how TB trends are worsening on farms with herd incidence reaching a ten-year record. Anne O’Donog...

Ep 1009: Tillage podcast: Selling grain and protecting crops

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast we have details of the Irish Farmers Journal grain price survey and all the latest news. We attended a Teagasc crop...

Ep 1008: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 95 - Breeding the best cows you possibly can

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Young stock podcast, Hannah Woods of Dovea Genetics gives an insight into balancing breeding decisions to leaving you with best cows ...

Ep 1007: Farm Tech Talk Ep 213 – Suckler cows back in calf, lamb price prospects and short and long term milk price

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to Adam Woods on getting suckler cows back in calf, Darren Carty on lamb price prospects and Aidan Brennan gives his thoughts on sh...

Ep 1006: Farming News: Fertiliser risks BISS fines, ash dieback scheme and BVD letters

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we get the latest on a warning that farmers spreading chemical fertiliser could risk payment penalties, the detail of an €80m ash dieback...

Ep 1005: Tillage podcast: Busy days for tillage farmers

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we discuss fieldwork, a brewery, hear from Lincolnshire farmer Andrew Ward on environmental payments and the importan...

Ep 1004: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 94 - Cheltenham highs to broken bones

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast we chat to multiple grade one and Cheltenham festival-winning jockey Michael O'Sullivan who hails from a dairy farm in Co Cor...

Ep 1003: Farm Tech Talk Ep 212 – Pedigree palace shed in Monaghan, sheep prices and over sowing clover

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk to Martin Merrick on the pedigree palace shed in Monaghan, Darren Carty on sheep prices and Aidan Brennan on his thoughts on over s...

Ep 1002: Farming News: better weather lifts cattle trade and red hot demand for hill land

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen now for the latest on the cattle price lift from this week’s weather, how CAP payments are driving demand for marginal land and a breakdown o...

Ep 1001: Tillage podcast: farmers flock to the fields

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show we talk fieldwork in one of the busiest weeks of the year and hear from UK farmer and YouTube sensation Andrew Ward. Hosted on Aca...

Ep 1000: The Irish Farmers Journal team celebrates the milestone 1,000th podcast with lots of banter, and a €1,000 cash giveaway

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Behind the scenes special and exclusive interview with Minister Charlie McConalogue. The Irish Farmers Journal team celebrates the milestone 1,00...

Ep 999: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 93 - What is involved with solar farm leases

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Robb talks to Robyn Kelly, project developer with Lightsource bp, about her role in working with farmers to develop solar farms Hosted on Acas...

Ep 998: Farm Tech Talk Ep 211 – Factories cutting beef prices, new sheep welfare scheme, CB values in calves and stocking rates

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we chat with Adam Woods on factories cutting beef prices, Darren Carty on the new sheep welfare scheme and Aidan Brennan on his thoughts ar...

Ep 997: Farming News: dairy exit scheme, bale silage costs and milk price outlook.

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After almost a year and a half, the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has killed any idea of a dairy exit or reduction scheme. We look at t...

Ep 996: Tillage podcast: tillage area “being eroded” - Minister

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we talk to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue about the newly announced €100/ha payment for tillage.We have deta...

Ep 995: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 92 - Behind the scenes judging Mr Personality

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A key event in the calendar for many people living in rural Ireland, is the Mr Personality Festival organised by Kilkenny Macra. This week, we ha...

Ep 994: Farm Tech Talk Ep 210 - Weather impact on the beef trade, new sheep welfare scheme details, breeding season update and balancing clover

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talked to Adam Woods on the impact the weather has had on the beef trade, Darren Carty on the details of the new sheep scheme and A...

Ep 993: Farming News - Milk supply, renewables and weather

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s podcast we highlight the impact the weather has had on cattle prices, milk supply and the tillage sector. As well as much more news s...

Ep 992: Tillage podcast: Getting ready for the drier weather

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we look at another bumper tillage paper that includes the 2024 Crop Protection Magazine. We have an update from agronomists acro...

Ep 991: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 91 - Walking crops in Brazil and reducing price risk for farmers

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast we talk to Conor Condron from Co Offaly. Conor recently started working for commodity consulting company, Black S...

Ep 990: Farm Tech Talk Ep 209 – Buying stock bulls, scour in lambs, bad weather and managing fertiliser

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we chat to Adam Woods on buying stock bulls, Darren Carty on scour in lambs and Aidan Brennan on all things weather and grazing as the rain...

Ep 989: Farming News: fodder supports, milk top ups and BISS

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the podcast Declan O’Brien talks about potential fodder supports that are on the table as well as advice around getting cows out grazin...

Ep 988: The Tillage Podcast: Planting beans from Wexford to Westmeath

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we joined contractor John Hughes from Co Kilkenny on the tractor when he was out planting beans on Tuesday, 2 April. ...

Ep 987: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 90 - Co Down man heading up forager and grass equipment at Claas UK

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Conor Trimble at the Claas UK headquarters in the south east of England. The C...

Ep 986: Farm Tech Talk Ep 208 – Good mart trade for cattle, record land prices, rising concrete costs and continued bad weather

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Adam Woods reports on the good mart trade for cattle, Martin Merrick talks about record land prices and rising concrete costs and Aidan Bre...

Ep 985: Farming News - challenging weather, Harris on farming and calf exports

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to get the latest news on farmers coping with a surge in rainfall, what Fine Gael’s new leader has to say on farming matters and 2024 calf ex...

Ep 984: The Tillage Podcast - Wet weather, reports, schemes and blight

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s tillage podcast is packed with news, technical information and interviews. We have the latest on the Food Vision Tillage Report, an inte...

Ep 983: Sport Horse Breeding: Bloodlines, Sweat and Tears - Ask The Vet Special

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Sharp is joined by Irish Equine Veterinary Association committee members Dr Sue Salter of SES Equine Veterinary Services and Dr Sarah Ross of th...