Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

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 spring cereal harvest, as winter cereal area declined.We also share all the latest tillage news. Report from the Irish Drinks Open Forum and have grain trend and weather reports.Ep 895: The Tillage Podcast - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 cows and lots more. “I’m staring right into this cow’s arse and I hadn’t a clue what’s going on,” one says. A listen not to be missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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-table dairy cull scheme, milk prices, the IFA hustings, TB and sheds fires are all also on the agenda. Listen in for the latest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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. Adam also chats to Claire Aspel from Grassland AGRO on all grazing matters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 provides an update on the maize harvest and a new trial with French runner beans.Political correspondent Pat O’Toole joins us to talk about the budget and the tillage crisis meeting held by Wexford IFA on Monday night.As always, we look at the top stories online and in this week’s paper and have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week's Young Stock Podcast, careers and education journalist Sarah McIntosh talks to Catherine Smith and William Delaney from Certified Irish Angus. William Delaney is the coordinator responsible for the Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition. He speaks about the hands-on educational programme that is encouraging students across Ireland to learn about where their food comes from. William also talks about his own career pathway and offers advice for anyone considering a master's degree. As a Technical Team Manager at Certified Irish Angus, Catherine Smith speaks about growing up surrounded by pedigree Herefords. She discusses her career pathway to date and the importance of encouraging the next generation to tackle challenges in the sector. We couldn’t let Catherine and William go without doing the quick-fire round. As always, we would love to hear from you, to get in touch with your opinions and feedback on the podcast you can email youngstock@farmersjournal.ie or leave a WhatsApp voice note at 0

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Our news team discusses the sizzling cattle trade at marts and looks at a quality assurance extension for the SCEP suckler scheme. Climate payments for farmers, the IFA hustings, slurry spreading extensions, new derogation maps, a new national park and forestry will all also be on the agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Department of Agriculture and go through some of the farm organisation’s reactions. We also look at field work progress, grain markets and have the weather report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 and Aidan Brennan discusses the ongoing nitrates fallout. We’re also joined by Siobhan Walsh who offers a feed and straw round up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, fertiliser prices, a mart death, changes at Tirlán, nature restoration and cull cow prices are all also on agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we chat carbon footprints, Irish grain, grain prices and the future of tillage with John Kealy, head of grains at Tirlán, and Pat Ryan, managing director of Liffey Mills. We have details on the IFA calling for exceptional aid.There's an update on harvest, winter planting, we detail the first harvest price which came from Boortmalt and have the grain market report and the weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show Rachel O’Donovan and Sarah McIntosh were out and about at the National Ploughing Championships chatting to attendees about everything from college courses to finding love at the ploughing. We chat to Noel Bardon, Stephen Robb and Amy Forde who all take part in our special "Ploughing" quick-fire round. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Irish Farmers Journal stand at Ploughing 2023, we discuss everything from catch crops to solar panels and nitrates to dairy beef with an extended panel of guests Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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