Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

The Central Applications Office (CAO) is the organization responsible for overseeing undergraduate applications to colleges and universities in the Republic of Ireland. With the closing deadline on 1 February, it's important that students get the right advice on navigating through their college courses.    That's why on this week's Young Stock Podcast we have a special episode where Rosa...

This week, we hear from Adam on the new TB proposal, Darren on scanning ewes and what to do with the results and Martin updates us on the much-anticipated new slurry storage TAMS grants.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we cover how farmers are coping with the snow and ice, we hear how new proposals could curtail cow sales for herds gone clear of TB, we discuss beef sales and cattle prices and we also discuss how FBD are warning farmers to check their insurance cover. This podcast is brought to you in association with Toyota Ireland. Check out the all new Landcruiser in your local Toyota dealership. Hos...

This week’s Tillage Podcast hears from the US about a decision support system called FieldView. We have figures on the areas of straw in the Straw Incorporation Measure. We run though some of the upcoming events in the tillage calendar. As always, we look at the latest grain prices and trends and have the weather report. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See...

On this week’s podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Westmeath man Andrew Bonham who currently works as sales consultant with well known John Deere dealers Meath Farm Machinery. Andrew talks about his time growing up, his studies and how he found himself sheering sheep at an all-Ireland level. Andrew allows discusses how he transitioned from working as a mechanic to sales and as well as provides his out...

 This week, we chat new year beef prices with Adam Woods, a shortage of lamb on the horizon with Darren Carty and Siobhan Walsh chats about how Kentucky whiskey might have something the Irish need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear the breed trends behind 2024’s weanling trade, the RSA’s plans to review the age rules for driving tractors and get the latest TB reactor figures. This podcast is brought to you in association with Toyota Ireland. Check out the all new Landcruiser in your local Toyota dealership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Martin Merrick talks to PhD student Jake Delaney on all things sheep, from his home farm to his studies in Athenry on lameness. Jake Delaney is very much flying the flag for the sheep industry in Ireland. From a (controversial) flock of Jacob and commercial ewes to his college thesis that ended up being similar to his PhD, I chat to Jake about all things sheep related, namely his study...

This week, we do something different as we review the big stories of 2024. Some of the rows, the ups and downs in the markets and the opinions of our sector specialists as we travel through 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Sarah McIntosh speaks to primary school teacher Katie Helen who has just completed her regional work on a 1,200-cow enterprise in Australia. Like many other 26-year-olds across Ireland, Katie Helen is spending this Christmas Down Under with her friends in Melbourne. Hailing from a dairy farm in  Foulkesmill’s  Co-Wexford, Katie moved to Australia earli...

This week, we chat about the Mercosur deal with Adam, sheep prices and body condition scores with Darren and the Kerry deal with Aidan. We also talk to Grassland AGRO’s Clodagh Bolger about the importance of soil sampling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Adam Woods discusses the potential TB funding boost of €2m for vets, Lorcan Roche-Kelly brings us up to speed on the Kerry vote, Noel Bardon discuses the ICSA election which saw Seán McNamara elected for a second term and Anne O’Donoghue has the latest on the new walk on walk off calf boat to be docked in Waterford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

On this week’s podcast Pat O’Toole joins us to take a look back on the tillage year. The team look at the highs and the lows from spring cropping and delayed planting to incomes. They also talk about the saga that was the straw scheme. As always we have the grain price and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Madeline Drake from Kansas State University joins us on the Young Stock Podcast this week to talk farming, agricultural communications and Donald Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Journal sat down with the men who led the negotiations from the Kerry Co-op side to question them on the deal which will be voted on next Monday and on what the future of Kerry dairy processing in Ireland will look like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we are live from the Balmoral Winter Fair. We're here to chat about positivity on milk, beef and sheep prices. We'll also chat with Colin Kelly, Lakeland Dairies CEO and Nick Whelan CEO of Dale Farm on milk markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Rachel Donovan talks to Anne O’Donoghue about a new calf boat which is currently in the offing, the latest on the upcoming Kerry vote and Lakeland Dairies’ bonus for 2024 milk supplies. Noel Bardon discusses his trip to Brussels this week while Amy Forde chats to Galway farmer Tommy Coneys who woke up to a devastating dog attack on his flock last Sunday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Pat O’Toole and Conor Kehoe and ITLUS’s Denis Dunne about Mercosur, aphids, the Rosenbohm US scholarship and much more  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Journal sat down with the men who led the negotiations from the Kerry Co-op side to question them on the deal which will be voted on next Monday and on what the future of Kerry dairy processing in Ireland will look like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast editor Jack Kennedy sits down with former CEO and chair of Kerry Denis Brosnan to get his thoughts on what way shareholders should vote next Monday 16 December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Journal team debates whether the Mercosur deal will forge ahead or be derailed, and we talk to Charlie McConalogue and Martin Heydon about politics at home and in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s guest is James Higgins from Co Wexford. James studies Dairy Business in University College Dublin (UCD) and recently won an award and bursary – sponsored by the Irish Farmers Journal – for work experience he competed in New Zealand.  James was on 2,500-cow farm in the South Island for six-months. We discuss going form Gorey to New Zealand, lessons he brought back to the home farm...

This week, we talk to Adam on the Mercosur trade deal, sheep price positivity with Darren and Aidan gives us his view on the Kerry deal. Adam also chats to Fergal Morris from MSD Animal Health Ireland about the latest in animal health vaccinations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss Teagasc's income estimates for 2024, Anne gives us the low-down on what scheme payments are being paid out this week and James talks to us about the prevalence of blackleg in each county. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we look at the Teagasc Outlook report which says 44% of tillage farms did not make a profit in 2024. We have an interview with Teagasc’s John Spink on how environmentally friendly Irish tillage is. We have news on how tillage farmers might be paid for carbon. We preview this week’s tillage pages from the US. We have the grain price and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is su...