Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

On this week’s show we report on planting progress and crop condition across the country. We travelled to Co Waterford on Friday, 10 May to walk some crops with farmer Pádraig Connery and had a chat with him on the 2024 season so far.We have the latest tillage news, the grain trends report and weather.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, we speak to John Keane of the Make the Moove initiative which has put a crisis response team in place to deal with trauma in rural communities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talked to Adam Woods on the beef price slide, Darren Carty on crucial BISS details and Aidan Brennan on nitrates across Europe. We also hear from Michael Murray from ESB Networks on farm safety Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Noel Bardon discuses how TB trends are worsening on farms with herd incidence reaching a ten-year record. Anne O’Donoghue reports on septic tank inspections and the percentage of tanks that failed necessary requirements. Declan O’Brien also has the latest on concrete costs and potential fertiliser penalties facing farmers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we have details of the Irish Farmers Journal grain price survey and all the latest news. We attended a Teagasc crop walk on Wednesday and chatted to Shay Phelan from Teagasc and David Cooney from Bayer on fieldwork.As always, we have the grain market and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is sponsored by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s Young stock podcast, Hannah Woods of Dovea Genetics gives an insight into balancing breeding decisions to leaving you with best cows you possibly can in your herd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Adam Woods on getting suckler cows back in calf, Darren Carty on lamb price prospects and Aidan Brennan gives his thoughts on short and long term milk prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we get the latest on a warning that farmers spreading chemical fertiliser could risk payment penalties, the detail of an €80m ash dieback scheme and a surge in BVD name and shame letters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s tillage podcast we discuss fieldwork, a brewery, hear from Lincolnshire farmer Andrew Ward on environmental payments and the importance of farmers growing food.We look at this week’s tillage pages, From the Tramlines and as always have 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.

This week on the podcast we chat to multiple grade one and Cheltenham festival-winning jockey Michael O'Sullivan who hails from a dairy farm in Co Cork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talk to Martin Merrick on the pedigree palace shed in Monaghan, Darren Carty on sheep prices and Aidan Brennan on his thoughts on over sowing clover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen now for the latest on the cattle price lift from this week’s weather, how CAP payments are driving demand for marginal land and a breakdown of Irish MEPs’ voting records on farming issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show we talk fieldwork in one of the busiest weeks of the year and hear from UK farmer and YouTube sensation Andrew Ward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Behind the scenes special and exclusive interview with Minister Charlie McConalogue. The Irish Farmers Journal team celebrates the milestone 1,000th podcast with some banter, and a €1,000 cash giveaway.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Robb talks to Robyn Kelly, project developer with Lightsource bp, about her role in working with farmers to develop solar farms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat with Adam Woods on factories cutting beef prices, Darren Carty on the new sheep welfare scheme and Aidan Brennan on his thoughts around CB values in calves. Adam also chats with John O Loughlin on stocking rates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After almost a year and a half, the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has killed any idea of a dairy exit or reduction scheme. We look at the cost of making a bale of silage, the milk price outlook for the next few months, as well as discuss some key dates and deadlines for farmers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we talk to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue about the newly announced €100/ha payment for tillage.We have details of tillage supports from Tirlán, talk fieldwork, fungicides, seed rates, preview the tillage pages and From the Tramlines.As always we have 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.

A key event in the calendar for many people living in rural Ireland, is the Mr Personality Festival organised by Kilkenny Macra. This week, we have a special Young Stock Podcast as Sarah McIntosh and Martin Merrick take us behind the scenes as they judge this year’s competition. Taking place in Clonmel, from the 5 to 7 April, a weekend full of events saw 25 contestants from Macra clubs across the country battle it out in order to be named Mr Personality 2024. From making the judges ham and cheese sandwiches, to milking a cow on stage, this year’s contestants didn’t make it an easy task to pick a winner with a high calibre of talent’s displayed during the on-stage interviews.Last year’s winner Andrew Dunne speaks to us about what he has been up to since winning the title in 2023, and the impact it has had on his life.We also managed to catch up with a few of the contestants during the weekend to find out why they wanted to enter the competition and how they found the experience. The event wouldn

This week, we talked to Adam Woods on the impact the weather has had on the beef trade, Darren Carty on the details of the new sheep scheme and Aidan Brennan on the upcoming breeding season who also talks to Laurence Shalloo on balancing clover Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.