Agriland Podcasts

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: €510m in BISS advance payments Retailers drop own-label milk prices 2025 cattle supply 120,000 head below last year TB programme spend hit €79.4m by end of Q3 Nitrate levels decrease in 39% of river sites but 'too high' in 44% - EPA Rock...

In the latest instalment of Agriland Media's series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we meet a farmer who has changed his approach to farm work as he gets older. Padraig Moran runs a beef and tillage enterprise with his son Eoin at Coorevin Farm in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary. While he has been farming all his life, Padraig has adjusted how he manages his tasks on the farm as his 65th birthday nears. "Firstl...

Charles O'Donnell and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Budget 2026; Biogas plant on Galway dairy farm; Spiritans to sell Rockwell Farm; Bird Flu in Tyrone; EU regulation on Mercosur safeguards officially proposed. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agricult...

In this special episode of AgriFocus, we are joined by Alison McHugh, EY Ireland tax partner and head of private client services, to take a look at everything effecting agriculture and rural life that was announced today in Budget 2026. 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 comm...

Charles O'Donnell and Kathleen O'Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Possible boycott of weanling sales; Storm Amy to hit country; EU trade chief visits Ireland; Aurivo and Dale Farm '"future trading relationship"; Urgent calls for tillage sector support in Budget 2026; Tirlán pays down €250 million bond. Don’t forget to...

In this instalment of Agriland Media’s series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we meet a farmer who suffered life-changing injuries 40 years ago after she became entangled in a power take-off (PTO). Almost 40 years since she survived being entangled in a PTO shaft on her farm, Betty Taylor still feels lucky to be alive today. On October 8, 1985, Betty and her husband, Joe, from Ballylooby, Knocklong, Co. Li...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: EBI changes revealed; Dairygold to meet suppliers over milk price cut; EU Commissioner to visit Ireland to view water quality efforts; Bill aims to address trespassing on farms; Bird flu confirmed at Cork wildfowl sanctuary; All-Ireland Hedge L...

In this instalment of Agriland Media’s series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we hear from a farmer who survived a bull attack. In 2018, David Callan was operating a suckler enterprise on his 80ac farm at Drumconrath, Co. Meath when was attacked by one of his bulls. During that time, David thought he was going to die and had visions of his own funeral. “I was even afraid to close my eyes in case I’d never...

 In this special live edition of The Farming Week , we look back on three action-packed days at the National Ploughing Championships 2025. 

As part of Agriland's official Ploughing 2025 livestream, technical dairy specialist Hugh Harney hosted a special live edition of The Dairy Trail podcast.

In a very special edition of The Beef Brief podcast live from the National Ploughing Championships 2025, Breifne O'Brien was joined on stage in Screggan, Co Offaly by one of Ireland's leading female butchers Ciara Flavin and beef farmer John Smyth. 

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: New TB action plan unveiled Funding for new TB measures yet to be decided Dairy sector faces 200,000-cow cut if derogation lost TAMS reference costs revised FBD Young Farmer of the Year Countdown to Ploughing Don’t forget to rate, review and fo...

In the fourth part of Agriland Media 's series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we focus on the dangers posed by working at heights on the farm. In 2021, Eddie Downey was working in a shed on his farm close to Slane in Co. Meath when he fell 12ft onto the concrete below. The former president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) shattered his pelvis, badly damaged his bladder and broke a bone in his wrist...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Breifne O'Brien and Cathal O'Shea bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: TAMS reference costs updated; EU Commission pushes to ratify Mercosur deal; Beef and lamb trade updates; Ornua PPI and GDT fall; Flexibility sought on unprotected urea deadline; Farm Safety Community Champion Programme. Don’t...

Farming can be a demanding and stressful job with numerous challenges including income pressures, high costs, regulations, weather, isolation and long working hours. While farmers are quick to look after their animals, land and machinery, many overlook the most important thing - their own health and wellbeing. On this weeks podcast we speak to brothers David and Michael Kennedy, who run an organic...

Charles O'Donnell and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Warning of €555m annual fall in milk cheques without derogation; NDC VAT dispute results in annual loss of €3.05m; FCI warns against introduction of tractor driving test; Further sightings of Asian hornet in Ireland; ACRES scorecard deadline nears; Hedge cu...

Charles O'Donnell, Kathleen O'Sullivan and Hugh Harney bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Highlights from Virginia Show; Latest milk prices and dairy markets; Presidential election; New INHFA president confirmed; Fragmented farms could face nitrogen cut; No link between milk processing and Cork fish kill; Building Focus on Wexfo...

In the second instalment of Agriland Media's series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we explore the safe use of quad bikes on farms. The use of quad bikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) has become increasingly common on farms across Ireland. However, there has been a significant number of farm fatalities and serious injuries involving quads. For many, including Kerry hill sheep farmer John Joe Fitzgerald,...

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Beef Welfare Scheme opens; Tullamore Show review; ACRES scorecard deadline nears; Over 1,200 apply for Forgotten Farmers scheme; Dawn Meats seeks majority share of NZ's largest lamb processor; Glanbia delivers "resilient" half year performa...

Charles O'Donnell and Kathleen O Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Farming community hit by deaths in Mayo and Tipperary; New DAFM annual report reveals TB testing payments to vets; 4,600 herds gone from SCEP; Latest Teagasc fodder survey figures; TB lesions in cattle from non-restricted herds; Farm plastics collection...

In the fourth and final episode of season two of Agriland's limited series 'The Dairy Trail', technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to dairy farmer Joe Healy's farm in Athboy, Co. Meath. Joe Healy is milking 97 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, where the use of American Holstein genetics, embryo transfers and intensive breeding selection is driving his herd towards 700kg of milk soli...

Francess McDonnell, Kathleen O Sullivan, Breifne O'Brien and Maitiú Monaghan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: What the sharp decline in the national herd really means; Brighter days ahead - will farm profits rise in 2025? Could farmers get higher CAP payments? Concerns raised over GAEC 2 appeal criteria Planning shake-up - wha...

In the first podcast instalment of Agriland Media's new series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we discuss how to keep children safe while on the farm. Alma Jordan lives in Julianstown in Co. Meath with her husband Mark and son, Eamon where they run a tillage, cattle and horse enterprise. In response to a spike in farm deaths in 2014, which included five children, Alma wrote a series of story books for chil...

Mike Clohessy is milking 75 black and white cows in Fedamore, Co. Limerick where one Lely A4 robot and a strict breeding routine is paving the way for high solids and good work/life balance. Mike also has a full-time job off farm as the director of the genetic company, Bullwise CRV and is able to manage dairy farming with his job with the help of the robot.  Mike talks about his breeding programme...