Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

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 in tillage area over the past 15 years which is on the tillage pages of this week’s paper. As always, there is a quick grain market report and weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the company, Elite Pedigree Genetics (EPG).Jake talks all things business and farming and gives us an insight into the industry as well as some interesting opinions on topical conversations and talks about the different roles that helped him to get to where he is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 through the Teagasc harvest report, have the fertiliser sales figures for 2023, talk about the renewal of glyphosate and a vote against pesticide reductions in the EU. There’s also a possibility of an increased tillage payment and an update on the Food Vision Tillage report. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week's tillage podcast we talk about the reduction in winter cereal area, the announcement of payments for unharvested crops and straw shortages.We report from the Teagasc grass weeds conference where we chatted to Kilkenny Farmer Eoin Lyons about how he brought a brome problem under control in a direct drill system, hear from Sarah Cook of ADAS on reducing blackgrass populations and to Tom Chillcott of Bayer on herbicide resistance and active ingredients in the market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 sale in Co Tipperary, the latest BSE case identified during the week and it’s affects, weather, fodder shortages and lastly the IFA presidential election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 president Tim O’Donovan. Vijaya Bhaskar joins us with an update on grass weed populations and herbicide resistance. We have all the latest from this week’s paper from the potato harvest to tillage aid and the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 at the Barnett Hall Conference. We also caught up with Rachel Connor of Barnett Hall to talk about carbon footprints of grain and animal feed.We talk fieldwork, hear about compensation for unharvested crops, have results from a survey on pesticides, look back on the season of From the Tramlines and as always have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the GPS tracker clamp down on bogus slurry exports. Nitrates, the suckler carbon efficiency programme, dairy’s economic value, potatoes, horticulture growers, cross compliance inspections and our Women and Agriculture conference are all also on the agenda. Listen in for the latest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.