ASA Ireland

In this special episode, host Sarah McIntosh visits the farm of William Blackburn in Kilworth, Co. Cork, for a Blackwater Catchment event focused on sustainable farming and water quality. Organised in collaboration with Teagasc, Dairygold and Better Farming for Water, the event brought together farmers, advisors and industry experts to explore practical solutions that support productive farming wh...

ASA past president Eoin Lowry interviews Prof. Dr Rogier Schulte. Prof. Dr. Rogier Schulte is the chairholder of the Farming Systems Ecology group at Wageningen University and Research Director of the Global Network of Lighthouse Farms. In this podcast, Prof. Dr Rogier Schulte talks about the Vision of Agriculture in 2050. Our podcasts are kindly sponsored by Dawn Meats.

ASA Council member and past president interviews fellow council member Dale Crammond. Dale is director of Meat Industry Ireland and in this podcast he talks about his journey with ag science

In the episode of Experts in their Field, Council member Eddie Phelan talks to Prof. John Roche,Chief Science Adviser at New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Director of MPI On-Farm Support Services

In this episode of Experts in their Field, Council Member Catherine Heffernan speaks to Prof. Thia Hennesssy, Head of School and Chair of Agri-Food Economics at Cork University Business School

In this episode of experts in their field council member Oliver Burke speaks to John Hickey, Head of Corn Product Design at Bayer Crop Science. John discusses his experience and gives a unique insight into how genomic technology has evolved over the last 20 years and how his work evolved into plant breeding. John also describes the opportunities genomic advancements can bring to global agriculture

Bursart winners Part 2 The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) has teamed up with the Irish Farmers Journal to provide four €1,000 bursaries to stage three B.Agr. Sc. students at UCD to support travel and other costs associated with their placement. Here Sarah McIntosh fromt the Irish farmers Journal chats to 2 of our 2022 UCD Recipients of the bursary. Mark Norse and Cian Mongey, Mark and Cian...

In this episode, Council member Una Sinnott speaks with our 2022/23 Bursary recipients Leah Armitage and Sean Raftry from SETU and Ciara Smith from DkIT. Here they discuss their experiences as they completed their professional work experience abroad.

Episode 32 - Prof. Frank Crosby by ASA Ireland

In this episode, ASA President Prof. Tommy Boland talks with some of our speakers at our upcoming annual conference. Tommy speaks with Our Plenary speaker, Jack Bobo, Director of the University of Nottingham Food Systems Institute. This is followed by Margaret Berry who is head of sustainability with the Kepak Group. He then talks to Barry Larkin, CEO of Acorn. The podcast concludes with some word...

In this episode of experts in their fields, ASA Vice President speaks with ASA Past President and Head of Education with Teagasc, Dr. Anne Marie Butler

In this Episode 29 George Ramsbottom Interviews Karina Pierce. Karina is Professor of Dairy Production in UCD's School of Agriculture and Food Science.

In this installment of the ASA podcast, Odile Evans interviews former Irish Farmers Journal tillage editor Andy Doyle. The Wexford native shares insights to his longstanding career in agricultural journalism as well as his busier than ever retirement.

In this episode of Experts In Their Field, past president, Michael Miley interviews his former colleague at RTE, Jimmy Brett, managing director of Brett Bros.

In this episode ASA President Prof. Tommy Boland talks with Assoc. Prof. Emeritus Dermot Ruane of University College Dublin and former ASA President. Dermot discusses his upbringing which drove his interest in Agricultural Science, his dynamism and adaptability which has seen him hold numerous roles within the School of Agriculture and Food Science in University College Dublin, the importance he p...

Episode 25 of Experts in Their Field, ASA president Prof Tommy Boland interviews Dr. Laurence Shalloo.

In this episode ASA President Dr. George Ramsbottom talks with some of our speakers at our upcoming annual conference. George speaks with Dr. Siobhan Walsh, Irish Farmers’ Journal, John Egerton, Beef Farmer, Northern Ireland, Prof. Frank Monahan, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin and Professor John Roche, Chief Science Adviser, Ministry of Primary Indus...

In this episode of ‘Experts in their field’, ASA council member Eddie Phelan speaks with Dr. Mark Lyons, President and CEO of Alltech. Dr. Mark Lyons succeeded his father and Alltech’s founder, Dr. Pearse Lyons when his father passed away in 2018. He has worked for the company in countries as diverse as Serbia, Brazil, Mexico and China. Today, Mark is based at Alltech’s headquarters in Kentucky, U...

In this episode of ‘Experts in their field’, ASA council member Philip O’Connor talks to Dr. William Minchin, MSD, about his career. Graduating with a B.Agr. Sc. degree from UCD, William completed a PhD at Moorepark. Currently he works as Ruminant Business Unit Director with MSD Animal Health. In this interview William discusses some of the formative personal and work experiences that have shaped...

In this episode of Experts in their Field, Council member Susan Maher speaks with John Lancaster. Following on from a strong agricultural background, after growing up on a beef and tillage farm. Here he outlines his journey from receiving his degree and masters in Agriculture from University College Dublin to his current role in StoneX.

In this episode ASA Council member Una Sinnott speaks with Professor Frank Monahan, Dean of Agriculture and Head of UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.

In this episode ASA vice-president Tommy Boland, speaks with Prof. Frank O'Mara, Director of Teagasc. Frank recently assumed the role of Teagasc Director having held the role of Director of Research for a number of years. Frank has wide ranging experience of the Agri-Food Industry. Having completed his undergrad degree in UCD, he worked in the feed industry, prior to taking up a PhD position in da...

In this month’s podcast, Dale Crammond, Agricultural Inspector in the Department, sits down with Amii McKeever, editor of the Irish Country Living magazine, to go through her varied career to date, including roles at the Irish Farmers Association and Glanbia. Amii is a great advocate for Women in Ag and this comes across very strongly in the podcast. Amii also shares some advice for today’s gradua...

In this episode ASA past president, Mary Delaney Speaks with Tom Tynan. Tom hails from a dairy farming background in the south east of Ireland. He was educated at University College Dublin (UCD) and Harper Adams University College Shropshire. He was the UCD Alumni Award winner from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science in 2015 Tom joined the European Commission in 2014 and served in the c...

In this episode of Experts in Their Field, ASA President George Ramsbottom talks to Michael and Aisling Flanagan owners of Velvet Cloud, a sheeps yoghurt and cheese manufacturing business outside Claremorris, County Mayo. Dublin born Aisling and Mayo man Michael graduated with their degrees in Agricultural Science from UCD in 1990. They talk about their careers in the food industry across continen...