Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

This week on the show, James Hanly held a video call with American-based video gamer Kermit Ball.Kermit is the community coordinator at GIANTS Software for the game Farming Simulator 25, the world’s largest realistic farming-related videogame.He breaks down how the developers capture all the machinery and buildings in exact detail, some of the games new features and if real-life farmers make the best players. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat with Adam about the direction of beef prices, Darren shares insights on ACRES, GAEC and rewetting, while Aidan discusses milk solids and spring AI. Aidan also catches up with Bryan Harte, from Tirlán, on grass and feed supply.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast the team chats about the super prices for cattle in marts, payment penalties for farm safety breaches and rewetting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we hear about new herbicide Manhattan and a new fungicide for barley.We chatted to the IFA’s Kieran McEvoy following the National Malting Barley meeting on Monday night. As always, we have the latest tillage news and 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’s Youngstock podcast features none other than Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver, who chats to Martin Merrick about his life before Tullamore and what has changed on the farms since 2018.Compared to dairy farms, there are only a handful of beef or sheep farms throughout Ireland that have a full-time farm manager who is responsible for the day to day running of a mixed enterprise. Cue Shaun Diver, an Inishowen native who took on the responsibility of running the Tullamore Farm at just 22 years of age in the middle of spring 2018, and who has been at the helm of the ship since.I talk to Shaun on what lead him to Tullamore; his home farm, his education after school and his stint of four years working on a large-scale beef, sheep and tillage farm in Tipperary that equipped him with the skills and autonomy to step in to Tullamore Farm and turn it in to the efficient farming system it is today. We also talk about changes to the farming system, with the addition of Easycare ewes to the sheep flock and the

This week, we talk to Adam about the ongoing ICBF dispute, Martin about what is included in a high-spec calf shed, and Aidan about grazing conditions for early March. We also chat with Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO and Cathal Bohane from Alltech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TAMS, calf exports, GAEC 2 rules for peatlands and the CAP budget all feature on this week's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hope you’re listening t the podcast from the tractor, the field or the fine outdoors this week. On this week’s show we chat to Edward Dickinson from Omex, hear from malting barley award winner Liam Day and chat to the IFA’s Alice Doyle. We also look ahead to the IFA’s National Malting Barley meeting and have all the tillage news, grain trends and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Anne O'Donoghue talks to John Martin Carroll from Co Kerry about getting through hard times, giving back to his local community and going back to study as a adult. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam on how rewetting plans are going down, to Darren on the upcoming TAMS deadline and Aidan on genotyping lab delays. Aidan also caught up with Tirlán’s Bryan Harte on matching early season grass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks’ show we discuss the state’s push to rewet land, have an update on calf boats and the ongoing fallout around windblow in forestry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we have some advice for crop management and fertiliser spreading when for when the weather and ground conditions improve. We hear from Dermot Forristal on on farm trials, have all the latest tillage news and 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.

This week on the show Rachel Donovan chats to Josephine O’Neill from Bennettsbridge in Co Kilkenny.Josephine is a home economics and Irish teacher who hails from a beef and tillage farm. She is the second candidate in the Macra presidential race to be interviewed on the Youngstock Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam provides an update on calving progress at Tullamore Farm, while Darren shares his thoughts on the next CAP. Aidan discusses the weather challenges in Cork, and Adam also speaks with Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO about grass growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss the major shakeup planned for CAP post 2027, beef prices which are on the rise again this week as well as the latest on the row that continues to rumble on between ICBF and breed societies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s Tillage Podcast features an interview with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, the Irish Grain growers Group’s Bobby Miller and Kieran Duggan from Tirlán. We have all the latest on malting barley, grain prices and we look at the tillage pages which feature crop costs and returns and fungicide star ratings.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, young agri contractor Conor Murphy from Co Cork chats about the path he took into the family contracting business, gives advice to young people eager to get going with tractor work and explains his thoughts on the future of contracting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about who is getting €7 per kilo for beef, to Darren on the details around the new rules for peat soils and Aidan on the benefits of early grass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss how new land drainage rules could negatively impact BISS payments, we talk about ACRES and the 15,000 farmers who have yet to be paid for actions already carried out and we also hear the latest from ICSA’s AGM which took place on Thursday night – on the night Rachel Donovan spoke to Micheál Brady from Axa on farm insurance and also the newly appointed Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.