Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

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. We have all the latest tillage news including tillage payments, cuts to Boortmalt contracts and forward prices. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Paul Mooney and Rural Affairs Journalist Jacqueline Hogge as they are joined by Martin Clarke, Commercial Manager at IFAC to discuss its findings. They bring their insights to the price of land across the country and talk about building homes in rural Ireland.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 who won the Certified Irish Angus beef school’s competition.Now fifth year students, Jack O’Meara, Moya Guinan, Joseph McLoughney and Ben Youngeare now rearing five calves as part of the competition as they plan on selling them to the factory in less than six months.The group also look to the future as they will fly to Brussels in March to make a presentation to MEPs about sustainable agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 companies. Adam also chats to John O’Loughlin from Grassland AGRO on all matters fertiliser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 boat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 have all the latest tillage news as well as the grain market and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 and planning for calving 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 crime spree in Tipperary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s tillage podcast we report from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference and chat to Steven Kildea on pesticide reductions. We hear from the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food and Ciarán Collins chats through spring varieties and diesel use.We have all the latest tillage news, the grain trends and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Robb talks to Donal O’Neill, Ingredients Sales Manager with Camida, about college, working in the UK, GAA success and the future of farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Lyndon Cathers of Soil Capital on how the company’s partnership with Boortmalt works and how farmers will be paid for carbon and for environmentally farming practices.We also report from the Dairygold and Kerry tillage conferences, chat about planting beans with Liam Leahy and have the grain price and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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

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

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

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

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