Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

Ep 982: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 89 - Green start to Dairy farming

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meet the new entrant Dairy farmer who is milking 200 cows on 90% leased land. Declan Collins spoke with Robert Tobin, better known as ‘Tobin Farms’...

Ep 981: Farm Tech Talk Ep 207 – Booming cattle trade, selling entitlements and managing grazing .

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Adam Woods chats about what's behind the booming cattle trade, Darren Carty on the trade for leasing and selling entitlements and Aidan Bre...

Ep 980: Farming News - Farm inspection exemptions, politics and FBD overcharges

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Rachel Donovan chats to news correspondents Noel Bardon and Anne O’Donoghue about who will be exempt from farm inspections, FBD refunds to...

Ep 985: The Tillage Podcast - Lack of fieldwork, ask for funding and fertiliser savings

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we talk fieldwork, hear about a request for €60m in funding for tillage, forage crop options and welcome the From the Tramline...

Ep 978: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 88 - The young man who took ABP’s stand at the Tullamore Show

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meet the young man who took ABP’s stand at the Tullamore Show. Anne O’Donoghue talks to James Stokes of Freeway Poultry about why he started his f...

Ep 977: Farm Tech Talk Ep 206 – SCEP, BISS entitlements and dairy farming in New Zealand

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we talk SCEP, trade for entitlements ahead of BISS deadline and we catch up with New Zealand dairy farmer, Olin Greenan for an u...

Ep 976: Farming News - Entitlement sales, European elections and milk prices

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 975: The Tillage Podcast - 3 crops, rules, rain and some positivity

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we have all the latest news including details on the scrapping of the three-crop rule for this season, possible chang...

Ep 974: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 87 - Former FBD Young Farmer talks derogation and young farmers

11 Mar 2024

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Ep 973: Farm Tech Talk Ep 205 - Weanling prices, ACRES scheme and difficult grazing in early March

08 Mar 2024

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Ep 972: Farming News - ACRES green light for 9,000 and NPWS land plans

08 Mar 2024

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Ep 971: The Tillage Podcast - Losing land, stubbles, birds and malt expansion

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we have the results of the Irish Farmers Journal land survey with tillage farmers. We chat to Cork tillage farmer Paul Moore on ...

Ep 970: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 86 - Chartered account, auctioneer and mixed farmer

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show, Gary Abbott caught up with Ciaran Hennessy of Hennessy Auctioneers to find out about his time studying Law and Business at UCD,...

Ep 969: Farm Tech Talk Ep 204 -ACRES payments, beef prices and managing feed supplies

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 968: Farming News - ACRES cheques, an EPA survey on culling herds and dairy prices

01 Mar 2024

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Ep 967: The Tillage Podcast - Tillage drop, Guinness interview and three crops

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s show has details of a potential 20,000ha drop in the tillage area, an update on the three-crop rule derogation, crop costs and returns.W...

Ep 966: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 85 - Bringing the first farm walk and talk to Co. Donegal

26 Feb 2024

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Ep 965: Farm Tech Talk Ep 203 - Beef trade, BIC scheme, genotyping and tagging delays

23 Feb 2024

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Ep 964: Farming News - TB outbreaks, blue card delays and protests

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the ten year high of TB outbreaks, blue card delays, ACRES payments, grants for traditional farm buildings and farmer protests both at home...

Ep 963: The Tillage Podcast - Carbon, new tillage funding and a new product

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we report from the Tirlán grain awards. We have all the details on new research from Teagasc and Tirlán on the carb...

Ep 962: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 84 - Nothing Canning can’t do

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this weeks podcast Niall Canning from Rosses Point in Co Sligo joins Shanon Kinahan to talk all things farming, football and finding life long a pa...

Ep 961: Farm Tech Talk Ep 202 - Beef price slump, ACRES, nitrates derogation and February fertiliser

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 960: Farming News - €5,000 ACRES cheques, GPS thefts and slurry fines

16 Feb 2024

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Ep 959: The Tillage Podcast - from the three-crop rule to break crop agronomy

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we have the latest update on rules surrounding bare patches and crops which didn’t establish from the Department of Agricultur...

Ep 958: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 83 - 10 years on from returning to the family farm

12 Feb 2024

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Ep 957: Farm Tech Talk Ep 201 - Suckler price, ACRES payment and nitrates

09 Feb 2024

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Ep 956: Farming News - Soaring weanling prices and stolen cattle

09 Feb 2024

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Ep 955: The Tillage Podcast - Farming for Dyson, Irish crop returns and awards

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s tillage podcast we talk to the head of agronomy at Dyson Farming Ben Abell. Ben spoke at the Drummonds conference a few weeks ago.We ...

Ep 954: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 82 - Rural surveyor, dairy farmer, AD operator

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 953: Farm Tech Talk Ep 200 - Beef welfare scheme, sheep scheme, nitrates, Tillage conference and winter straw

02 Feb 2024

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Ep 952: Farming News - Tractors protests and SCEP changes

02 Feb 2024

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Ep 951: The Tillage Podcast - Counting plants, crops and carbon

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s tillage podcast comes from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference held on Wednesday. We have the results of the Teagasc winter planting...

Ep 950: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 81 - Milking pedigree Holsteins and making TikToks

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 949: Farm Tech Talk Ep 199 - Beef price, Teagasc sheep conferences, VAT debacle

26 Jan 2024

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Ep 948: Farming News - factory price gaps, calf slaughtering and labour demand

26 Jan 2024

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Ep 947: The Tillage Podcast - Little planting progress and 3-crop rule update

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show we have an update on the three-crop rule for 2024 which farmers must comply with. Drummonds held its winter conference this week a...

Ep 946: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 80 - From Inishowen to Dyson Farming’s 37,000ac farm and back again

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to John Hegarty, Area Manager with Yara International about his career so far which has taken ...

Ep 945: Farm Tech Talk Ep 198 - Beef price, TAMS, cost cutting on farms

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 944: Farming News - Advisers strike, Irish beef back in China and derogation news

18 Jan 2024

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Ep 943: The Tillage Podcast - loans, beans, lists and learning

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we report from the Dairygold Tillage Conference. We chat to Bank of Ireland’s head of agriculture Eoin Lowry on tillage farmer...

Ep 942: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 79 - Events manager and business owner at 27

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 941 - Farm Tech Talk Ep 197 – Beef price bonuses, lower lamb crop and less grass in 2023

12 Jan 2024

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Ep 940: Farming News - Proposed Bord Bia QA changes, the IFA AGM and land leasing prices

11 Jan 2024

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Ep 939: The Tillage Podcast - Seed shortage and the need for over-winter stubbles

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast we discuss a recent survey of bird populations in south Cork. We look at the spring barley recommended list published this we...

Ep 938: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 78 - Machinery prices have levelled off, but I can't see prices dropping

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 937: Farm Tech Talk Ep 196 - Weanling prices, store lambs and dairy 2024

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 936: Farming News - A positive year for weaning sales, farmer survey results and supermarket price wars

04 Jan 2024

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Ep 935: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 77 - ‘There’ll always be farmers in the west of Ireland’

01 Jan 2024

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Ep 934: Farm Tech Talk Ep 195 - Best Bits 2023

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 933: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 76 - Milking cows and setting milk price

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 932: Farm Tech Talk Ep - 194 - Latest on star rating changes, most recent scheme updates and nitrates rules

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 931: Farming News - Potential SCEP scheme changes, Coolmore’s land empire revealed and TB reactor figures.

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 930: The Tillage Podcast - Looking ahead to 2024

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast we chat to Irish Farmers Journal editor Jack Kennedy on tillage policy and co-operation between tillage and livestock farmers...

Ep 929: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 75 - Who is Farmer Phil?

18 Dec 2023

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Ep 928: Farm Tech Talk Ep 193 - ICBF star rating, scheme payment and silage pits

15 Dec 2023

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Ep 927: Farming News - Fallen animal dispute escalates, IFA election results and plans to slash fertiliser use

14 Dec 2023

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Ep 926: The Tillage Podcast - What is gene editing? How can it help to grow crops and reduce pesticide use?

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“New genomic techniques” is a complicated term. On this week’s podcast we talk to Ewen Mullins of Teagasc. Ewen gives us a run down on gene edit...

Ep 925: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 74 - Using Ag to navigate the globe and cultivate a career within the Irish machinery trade

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, machinery correspondent Gary Abbott talks to Diarmuid Lonergan, product demonstrator with the Kverneland Group I...

Ep 924: Farm Tech Talk Ep 192 - Changes to star ratings, developments to ACRES, uncertainty surrounding nitrates

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 923: Farming News - ACRES payment delays and reprieve from peatland rules

07 Dec 2023

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Ep 922: The Tillage Podcast - US expert talks crop insurance and grain markets

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we chat to world leading agricultural economist Dr Scott Irwin. Scott is the chair of agricultural marketing at the University o...

Ep 921: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 73 - Rossie man hitting big solids with small cows

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 920: Farm Tech Talk Ep 191 - Suckler index, scheme deadlines and nitrates

01 Dec 2023

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Ep 919: Farming News - – ACRES bottleneck, farmer fury over ICBF evaluation changes and proposed calf transport rules.

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our sheep and schemes editor Darren Carty will talk about the ACRES bottleneck which poses a risk to both places and payments for farmers. Beef and su...

Ep 918: The Tillage Podcast - pesticide rules, income drop and the decline in tillage area

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have an update on fieldwork and take a look at the news from the three-crop rule to the Teagasc Outlook report. We also take a look at the decline ...

Ep 917: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 72 - Sucklers, semen, shows and all else inbetween

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this weeks podcast, Shanon Kinahan caught up with Jake Finnegan, a young farmer, show man and entrepreneur who is one of the familiar faces behind ...

Ep 916: Farm Tech Talk Ep 190 - Dairy Day 2023, beef updates and all things sheep

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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Ep 915: Farming News - Dairy Day, derogation and fertiliser sales

24 Nov 2023

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Ep 914: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest report, payments and positive EU votes

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There is a lot of news to cover on this week’s podcast and a lot of it is good news. Drier weather has seen fieldwork ramp up in some places. We run...

Ep 913: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 71 - The Dáil’s youngest TD

20 Nov 2023

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Ep 912: Farm Tech Talk Ep 189 - Suckler farmer, feeding lambs in wet weather, nitrates and Dairy Day 2023

17 Nov 2023

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Ep 911: Farming News - TB risk areas, derogation cut update and an ICBF index survey

17 Nov 2023

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Ep 910: The Tillage Podcast - 90% not planted in areas as unharvested payments are announced

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's tillage podcast we talk about the reduction in winter cereal area, the announcement of payments for unharvested crops and straw shortag...

Ep 909: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 70 - Managing livestock for UK supermarket chain

13 Nov 2023

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Ep 908: Farm Tech Talk Ep 188 - Dairy Day, suckler index scheme, scheme payments and soil issues

10 Nov 2023

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Ep 907: Farming News - delayed cut to nitrates derogation and BSE case identified in 10-year-old-cow.

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news team discusses the 6-month delay which is on the cards for the cut to the derogation, what went on behind closed doors in the Barne Estate sa...

Ep 906: The Tillage Podcast - Seed shortage, wet fields and ineffective herbicides

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we have details of a likely seed shortage for spring cereals on this week’s show and talk to Irish Seed Trade Association’s ...

Ep 905: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 69 - One man and his marts

06 Nov 2023

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Ep 904: Farm Tech Talk Ep 187 - New beef bull rankings, sheep feed and drying of dairy cows

03 Nov 2023

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Ep 903: Farming News - New calf sale proposals, dairy markets and October’s weather

03 Nov 2023

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Ep 902: The Tillage Podcast -Hear from a top agricultural economist

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast a world-famous agricultural economist joins us. Dan Basse of AgResource Company in Chicago spoke to the Irish Farmers Journal...

Ep 901: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 68 - let’s talk about biochar

30 Oct 2023

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Ep 900: Farm Tech Talk Ep 186 - Women & Agriculture in Kilkenny, labelling food to consumer trends

27 Oct 2023

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Ep 899: Farming News - GPS slurry clamp down and dairy’s economic value

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news team discusses the GPS tracker clamp down on bogus slurry exports. Nitrates, the suckler carbon efficiency programme, dairy’s economic valu...

Ep 898: The Tillage Podcast -Talking to farmers with unharvested crops

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we talk to farmers in Co Cork whose crops were not harvested this year as rainfall made it impossible to complete the massive sp...

Ep 897: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 67 - The 2 Johnnies talk about farming and being a rural voice in RTÉ

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Barry Murphy and Rachel Donovan interview The 2 Johnnies on being a rural voice in RTÉ, their new TV show ‘Late Night Lock In’, farming, calving ...

Ep 896: Farm Tech Talk Ep 185 - Beef Bull ranking, Acres Scheme, extreme heavy rainfall

20 Oct 2023

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Ep 895: The Tillage Podcast - Floods, drills and low uptake on budget grant

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s podcasts includes a planting update, this week’s tillage survey results, a chat with Liam Leahy from Dairygold and the grain market an...

Ep 894: Farming News - ICBF beef rankings shakeup and IFA hustings

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news team discusses the shakeup to the ICBF beef bull rankings which will see a huge benefit for the Angus breed. ANC payments, a still-on-the-tab...

Ep 894: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 66 - Farming, accounting and being Macra vice president

16 Oct 2023

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Ep 893: Farm Tech Talk Ep 184 - Producing lighter cattle, budget, nitrates and grazing

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Adam Woods chats about why farmers are producing lighter cattle, Darren Carty on the budget and Aidan Brennan on the latest in nitrates. Ad...

Ep 892: Farming News -Budget 2024 and falling carcase weights

13 Oct 2023

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Ep 891: The Tillage Podcast - Tirlán prices, maize update, budget details

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we talk fieldwork, Tirlán grain prices and Budget 2024. Ned Keogh from DLF joins us to talk about maize and beet varieties. He ...

Ep 890: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 65 - Sparking enthusiasm for the beef industry

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's Young Stock Podcast, careers and education journalist Sarah McIntosh talks to Catherine Smith and William Delaney from Certified Irish...

Ep 889: Farm Tech Talk Ep 183 - Cattle trade on fire, store lambs price and nitrates

06 Oct 2023

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Ep 888: Farming News - cattle trade on fire and IFA hustings

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news team discusses the sizzling cattle trade at marts and looks at a quality assurance extension for the SCEP suckler scheme. Climate payments fo...

Ep 887: The Tillage Podcast - harvest prices, unharvested crops and disillusion at tillage payment

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show we chat to a farmer with crops still to cut, run through the Dairygold grain prices, talk about the new tillage payment from the...

Ep 886: Young Stock Podcast - Episode 64 - Under the bonnet- machinery experts talk employment, lead times and machinery prices

02 Oct 2023

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Ep 885: Farm Tech Talk Ep 182 - Beef price gap, upcoming budget, nitrates fallout and tillage roundup

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Adam Woods explains the €400 price gap between British and Irish beef, Darren Carty tells us what to look out for in the upcoming budget ...

Ep 884: Farming News - beef price gap widens but Algerian prospects loom

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our news team discusses the impact of the €400 gap between Irish and British beef prices. A Dutch calf import ban, Algerian cattle export prospects,...