Agriland Podcasts

Francess McDonnell & Michelle Martin bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:    -       DAFM publishes ‘final’ derogation map  -       Budget 2024 – what can farmers expect? -       Extensions to the slurry spreading deadline announced -       SCEP: Deadline extended for SBLAS certification -       40-year-old straws sire Tipperary calves  Rate...

Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:    ·      Buyers seeking Irish cattle for export to Algeria as Dutch parliament calls for end to calf imports ·      Lobby group warns EU dairy market is in crisis ·      Kerry Group suppliers move to form producer group ·      Tributes to cattle dealer who died after...

Agriland editor Stella Meehan brings you through some highlights from Agriland's official live stream of the 2023 National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois. Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

This week on a special live edition of The Farming Week podcast from the Ploughing Championships, Stella Meehan is joined by Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O’Brien and Brian McDonnell to recap the highlights of #Ploughing2023.   Up for discussion included debates around the nitrates derogation, the IFA election, pressures on the dairy sector, and of course the effect of the weather on this year’s Plough...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Farmers protest over nitrates and payment delays -       All eligible TAMS applications to be approved -       Beef Welfare Scheme deadline extended -       ACRES tranche 2 to open in mid-October -       IFA elections take shape -       Countdown to the Plough...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - EU cuts Ireland’s nitrates derogation - 3,000 farmers must adjust to new nitrates limit - Farmers protest over delayed payments - Government U-turn on part of concrete levy - ACRES farmers must complete training course - Electric Picnic organisers meet farmers over ha...

Managing Director of Local Power Ltd, Pat Smith, joins Agriland editor Stella Meehan to discuss all things solar. Go beyond the headlines with AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - Minister to make case for nitrates derogation next week - Fertiliser database kicks in - Burning and hedge cutting window opens - Farmers say new Electric Picnic dates will impact harvest - IFA to meet EPA over red meat tweet - The pothole to beat all others Rate, r...

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - DAFM to backdate extra TB compensation due to farmers - Almost 2,500 farmers sent satellite inspection notices - Global milk markets give little hope to dairy farmers - EU approves €45m sustainable forest management scheme - Donegal sheep farmer wins FBD Young Farme...

ICSA General Secretary Eddie Punch , joins Agriland editor Stella Meehan to discuss what the future for suckler farming in Ireland holds and the negative perception of farmers in portions of the media. Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Eva Osborne-Sherlock & Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include: - Budget for 2023 Liming Programme doubled to €16m - July milk prices - Lakeland Dairies reduces price, Kerry Group announces base price of 34c/L with 3c/L payment - Change at the helm in Glanbia - Investigation into suspected ‘criminal damage’ in Tipperary after bale...

Beef Sector Manager at Bord Bia Mark Zieg, joins Agriland editor Stella Meehan to discuss what would a PGI for Irish Grass Fed Beef mean, and the outlook for the beef sector going forward. Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Stella Meehan & Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   - Dairy Industry Ireland and Irish Co-operative Organisation Society come out against dairy exit scheme - Minister launches new farm succession scheme with grants up to €1,500 - Up to 200 farmers protest in Offaly after River Shannon floods - ‘I’ve never seen a wet July...

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Minister announces €50/calf scheme for suckler farmers -       Commission approves €308m Irish afforestation scheme -       Fertiliser database change needed so it’s ‘fit for purpose’ – IFA -       Extensions for ACRES scorecards and shallow cultivation -       ‘Fa...

Stella Meehan & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       Dairy & tillage farm incomes could drop by over 50% this year -       Call for DAFM to extend ACRES scorecard deadline -       Warning that farmers won’t produce lamb anymore -       ‘Blanket’ planning objections to slurry tanks -       Over half of young farme...

In this episode, head of Crops Knowledge Transfer Department at Teagasc, Michael Hennessy joins Agriland editor Stella Meehan to discuss everything to do with this year’s cereal harvest, including crop yields, weather and tillage incomes. Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural co...

She is the undisputed queen of the ploughing in Ireland and this year Anna May McHugh celebrates 50 years as managing director of the National Ploughing Association (NPA). In the latest edition of On the Record with Agriland she shares the secrets of her success – “be nice to people” is the motto by which she lives and why her determination has got her where she is today. According to Anna May McH...

The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has said that farming “has to change” in Ireland because there has been “a loss of nature in the last 50 years that has to be reversed”. “We’ve gone from having 500 pristine water systems down to 20. That has to change, it’s not just farming, we have to change how we do forestry." “We have to change how we manage the rivers, we...

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:   -       ‘No stone will be left unturned’ dairy bull calf welfare under the spotlight -       MEPs vote in favour of revised Nature Restoration Law -       Eamon Ryan says farming must change -       New Teagasc MACC aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -       Kerr...

Sinn Féin TD, Claire Kerrane has said that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was set up to ensure food production but now seems to be “going in a different direction”. In the latest interview in Agriland’s On the Record series, the Roscommon-Galway TD said that climate is a big focus of CAP now but that it should be a different pillar, with food production remaining the sole focus of the overal...

Transformation is needed in agriculture, the director general at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. Laura Burke believes that if agriculture in Ireland continues to operate the way it is currently doing, it will not meet its environmental targets. “We can’t keep doing the same things and expect a different result and that’s the long and the short of it – so transformation is nee...

On this episode of AgriFocus, Executive Director of the Farm Tractor & Machinery Traders Association, Michael Farrelly, joins Agriland editor Stella Meehan to discuss agri mechanic shortages, career opportunities and what's in store for the upcoming FTMTA Farm Machinery Show.

Farmers are “nearly ashamed to say they are a farmer” in 2023, according to Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice believes Ireland “needs a completely new type of party, from the bottom up” that listens to farmers and the rural community. In an ‘On the Record’ interview with Agriland , the TD said he believes that a new political party could be a new...

Go beyond the headlines with AgriFocus, where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.   In this episode Ciaran Fitzgerald, who is a food economist with over 30 years’ experience in the agri food sector and a regular columnist at Agriland, joins Francess McDonnell to talk about a subject that is unavoidable in Ireland –...