Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

In this week's podcast, Irish Farmers Journal news journalist Odile Evans asks Teagasc economist Thia Hennessy what the 2016 economic forecast has in store for Irish farmers. The Northern Ireland helpline Rural Support has seen an increase in calls from farmers experiencing difficulties, its chief executive Jude McCann tells Northern Ireland editor David Wright. Minister for Agriculture Simon Cove...

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Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Pat O'Toole discusses the continuing pay scandal at the top of the Irish Farmers' Association with news editor Patrick Donohoe. Increasing numbers of members are saying they will leave the organisation. Its environment committee chairman Harold Kingston reflects on the situation with Irish Farmers Journal digital editor Thomas Hubert. This week, the CellChe...

On Wednesday, officials at the Department of Agriculture held a briefing to explain what they are doing to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. One of the solutions for Ireland would be to expand forestry – an argument developed by minister of state Tom Hayes. Last week, the R&H Hall industry conference in Maynooth invited several international analysts to share their views on the immediate future...

The past few days have brought a lot of uncertainty for young farmers who are planning to pass the Green Cert before they receive payments from the Young Farmer Scheme or the National Reserve. It is now clear that they must at least start their course before the end of this year to benefit from the schemes. Patrick Donohoe and Amy Fitzgibbon from the Irish Farmers Journal news desk clarify the sit...

In this week's podcast, Irish Farmers Journal machinery editor James Maloney tells digital editor Thomas Hubert what to expect from Agritechnica, the world's largest farm machinery show. With rural crime now at the centre of the public debate, An Garda Síochána launched operation Thor this week to tackle burglaries. Irish Farmers Journal news journalist Odile Evans was there and she brings us Just...

In this week's podcast, Irish Farmers Journal markets specialist Phelim O'Neill looks at the details of the WHO report linking processed meat with cancer. He also tells digital editor Thomas Hubert about his reporting on the beef industry in Poland, where Irish-based meat processor ABP owns two factories. We did enjoy a real Indian summer through most of October, but it now looks like more regular...

Glanbia has cut its milk price to 24c/l, with a 1c/l top-up for members of the co-op, and it has announced that it would pay €130/t for green barley. Many farmers feel those prices are too low, and Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy sat down with dairy specialist Aidan Brennan, news correspondent Pat O’Toole and agribusiness editor Eoin Lowry to discuss how Glanbia is doing business at t...

Following this Tuesday's big budget announcements, Irish Farmers Journal farm finance specialist Peter Young sat down with digital editor Thomas Hubert to crunch some numbers. Reporter Odile Evans was among the 1,500 people attending the large public meeting on rural crime in Thurles last Thursday. Last week, the European rural youth conference took place in Strasbourg and journalist Paula Melvin...

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With just a few days to go to next week's budget announcement, our farm finance specialist Peter Young asks Declan McEvoy, head of tax at IFAC accountants, what farmers can expect. News editor Patrick Donohoe attended the opening of Kerry Group’s new global Technology & Innovation Centre in Naas last week. He asked the chief executive of Kerry Group, Stan McCarthy, what the expansion meant for the...

The first meeting of the Dairy Forum brought all industry stakeholders together on Tuesday. Irish Farmers Journal digital editor Thomas Hubert spoke with the IFA’s dairy executive Catherine Lascurettes, who took part in the meeting. With two weeks to go to budget day, news editor Patrick Donohoe spoke with politicians as they met farming representatives this week. Minister for Arts, Heritage and t...

Irish Farmers Journal online journalist Amy Fitzgibbon collected impressions from some of the hundreds of thousands of visitors to this week's National Ploughing Championships. President Michael D Higgins had strong words to highlight the role of farming at the heart of Irish society when he opened the event. Yet rural communities have been plagued by rising crime and Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’S...

Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Amy Nora Fitzgibbon speaks to Liz McCormack of Lir Agri, a company that addresses industry specific requirements for cleaning and sanitation on dairy farms, in the local enterprise village at the National Ploughing Championships 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, the Irish Farmers Journal carries an exclusive interview with Taoiseach Enda Kenny this week. Listen to extracts from the interview on the importance of suckler beef and the "battle ahead" on climate change, discussed by news editor Patrick Donohoe and news correspondent Pat O'Toole. At the Agricultural Science Association’s conference on Friday, Padraig Brennan, Sustainability Developm...

Irish Farmers Journal news correspondent Paul Mooney was in Brussels on Monday for the EU-wide farmers' protest and special meeting of agriculture ministers. He tells news editor Patrick Donohoe about the atmosphere on the streets and the outcome to be expected from the €500m in support for farm incomes announced by the European Commission. The debate on rural crime heated up again in the past few...

In this week's podcast, Irish Farmers Journal reporter Lorcan Allen followed the 2,000 farmers who protested outside the European Commission’s office in Dublin on 31 August. Odile Evans interviews Co Louth pig farmer and FBD Young Farmer Award winner Jonathan Marry. Digital editor Thomas Hubert talks to outgoing Youg Farmer of the year Sean O'Donnell and Teagasc geneticist Donagh Berry, both speak...

In this week's podcast digital editor Thomas Hubert speaks to Irish Farmers Journal livestock specialist Nathan Tuffy about the mart price review, published in this week's paper. News editor Patrick Donohoe asks dairy specialist Aidan Brennan what effect the wet weather conditions of the past few days have had on farms and he also speaks to market specialist Phelim O'Neill about how soon Irish man...

Dr Michael Brennan, one of the architects of the Quality Payment System (QPS), commonly known as the beef grid, has told the Irish Farmer Journal that the gap in payments between grades no longer reflects the yield and should have been increased as beef prices rose. Markets specialist Phelim O'Neill discusses the proposal with news editor Patrick Donohoe. The Irish Farmer Journal's Northern Irelan...

Last week, Lakeland Dairies and Fane Valley announced that they were combining their milk processing and feed milling operations. The Irish Farmers Journal's news editor Patrick Donohoe met Lakeland’s chief executive Michael Hanley at the Tullamore Show to find out more about the plan. The Irish Farmers Journal's digital editor Thomas Hubert heard the reaction of a dairy farmer supplying Lakeland...

Following a period of heavy rain across the west of Ireland, the Irish Farmers Journal dairy editor Jack Kennedy has more details about the situation and he gives some tips on the management of cattle throughout the wet patch to digital editor Thomas Hubert. FBD Insurance's chief executive Andrew Langford resigned last Friday after seven years in the job. The Irish Farmers Journal’s business edito...

In this week's podcast, Noreen Lanigan, head of Bord Bia for France and Belgium, tells Irish Farmers Journal digital editor Thomas Hubert about the impact of French farmers' protests on Irish exports into the country. Tillage editor Andy Doyle updates news correspondent Pat O'Toole on early harvest progress in mixed weather. Northern editor David Wright talks to dairy farmer Brian McCracken, who i...

In this week's podcast, the Irish Farmers Journal's news editor Patrick Donohoe asks IFA chief economist Rowena Dwyer what her organisation is hoping for in Budget 2016. Beef farmer and Irish Farmers Journal contributor Tommy Moyles explains how he switched from weanlings to finishing and why he thinks more research should go into beef farming. IFA Munster chairman James McCarthy took part in an i...

Irish Farmers Journal editor Justin McCarthy and markets specialist Phelim O'Neill discuss this week's beef factory price leagues with news editor Patrick Donohoe. Barryroe Co-op topped the Irish Farmers Journal-KPMG Milk Price Review last week. West Cork dairy farmer Harold Kingston, who supplies Barryroe, tells news editor Patrick Donohoe why his co-op paid the best price. Dairy specialist Aidan...