Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

On this week’s show we talk to Haggard Stores agronomist Stephen McCabe about potatoes from blight and desiccation to new varieties and virus. We also hear how the cereal harvest is progressing in Stephen’s area and look at the tillage pages which feature the winter wheat recommended list. As always, we have the grain trends and the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode Rachel Donovan chats to Derry McCarthy from Rathmore in Co Kerry who recently graduated as a vet from UCD. They talk about repeating the leaving cert, job prospects for vets as well as current issues on farms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Farm Tech Talk comes from the Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, County Laois. Listen to Adam, Aidan, Darren and Siobhan talk about the prospects for the rest of this year and in to 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 James Hanly presents the final episode of this season's Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to James Flahavan, director of Flahavan’s, at the National Ploughing Championships. We have an exclusive story on the expansion to the Malting Company of Ireland, report from the Irish Drinks Forum, the latest grain prices and all the latest news. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Hanly presents Day Two of the Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Hanly presents the Plough On podcast, bringing you the latest news and views from Ploughing 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Youngstock podcast, Stephen Robb chats to Max Potterton, tillage farmer and IFA grain policy executive about college, working in the Farm Centre, farming with family and the future of tillage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam Woods on the details of the new Autumn Angus bonus. We also hear from Darren Carty on ACRES and Aidan Brennan on his recent trip to China and the future of grass-based milk production in Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen now to get the latest on the ACRES payment shambles, a roundup of co-ops’ outlook on dairy markets and what an ex-EU trade negotiator had to say on Mersour.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we chat to Drummond’s agronomist Brian Reilly in the north east on the harvest and planting. We have all the latest tillage news from harvest and cover crops to whiskey files, along with the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Forde chats to plough woman Katie Kehoe ahead of the National Ploughing Championships next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam Woods chats about the beef trade, Darren Carty on the growing problems with resistance to dosing and Siobhan Walsh talks to us on straw price. Also, Adam chats to John O’Loughlin from Grassland AGRO on nutrient management. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we hear from Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman on the derogation and Meat Industry Ireland’s Dale Crammond about beef exports.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special harvest podcast we visited a busy harvest intake in Co Laois and hear how things went in what was the peak weekend of harvest 2024 last weekend. Stradbally Town and Country’s Martin McDonald talks malting barley in his 36th harvest.As always, we bring you all the news from the paper, grain prices and have the weather report.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to David Thornton, a Kildare man who has recently been appointed as the Digital Solutions Consultant with Claas UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk to Adam Woods on positive beef prices, Darren Carty on booming ram and hogget prices and Aidan Brennan talks to us about his trip to a US milk factory and reviews Irish milk prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we discuss the latest on a possible shortage of finished cattle towards the end of 2024 and the trade in marts as a result. We look into fertiliser testing as well as the speculation around a deal between Tipperary Co-op and Arrabawn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we talk to Wexford agronomist George Blackburn on the harvest so far, crop management through the year and planting cover crops. We have the results of a harvest yield survey, all the latest tillage news, the grain price report and look at the upcoming weather forecast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niamh Doherty from West Cork has recently been appointed the Vice President for Welfare with the Union of Students Ireland (USI).The USI is the national representative body for third-level students' unions in Ireland, representing more than 374,000 students in over forty colleges across Ireland.With the Leaving Certificate results out last week and CAO offers out this week, many students are navigating their way through the process and making decisions on their next steps. Over 250,000 students are expected to return to college this year, with over 100,000 living in the private rental market. One of the main challenges facing incoming college students is the accommodation crisis as they scramble to find somewhere to live in time for the academic year. 'There should be enough purpose-built student accommodation', says Niamh. She discusses the recently launched 'Digs Drive' and where students can turn to if they need support in college.Listen to the podcast below:To get in touch with your opinion