Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

The Irish Country Living team are back in the Good Room are are joined this month by Neven Maguire. Janine Kennedy, Maria Moynihan and Sarah McIntosh chat about their first jobs, give their unsolicited advice to a Dear Miriam letter about volunteering and Janine chats to Neven Maguire about summer recipes and his first job. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the latest on the changes to Ireland’s nitrates derogation, dairy cow cull scheme proposals, beef prices, gene edited crops, an organic dairy farm and mink attacks on poultry. We’ll also bring you farmer views from this week’s Teagasc dairy open day at Moorepark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s show we talk to Sarah McIntosh, Noel Bardon and Barry Murphy, who all host the Young Stock Podcast here at the Irish Farmers Journal. We introduce you to some of the team, hear how they got to their current jobs and what they like most about their jobs. We even hear how one news reporter wrote to the Irish Farmers Journal's Sheep and Schemes Editor when he was 10. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show, Adam Woods talks about genotyping and SCEP, Darren Carty on the EU’s nature restoration law and Aidan Brennan looks forward to Moorepark 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our news team discusses how finishers are losing €300/ head on spring stores, the latest on dairy cow cull proposals and the nature restoration law. We’ll also look at new Teagasc science on emissions from peat soils, fertiliser and meal prices, Coillte’s land acquisitions and tillage farmer views. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations was the event to be at this week if you are involved in tillage. All three Ministers from the Department of Agriculture attended. Minister McConalogue said he is working to mitigate the land access issues facing the sector at the event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our news team discusses the economic impact of a cull scheme for the dairy sector, a slurry spreading warning for farmers, Iceland’s frozen meat recall and the new veterinary school. Fertiliser and sheep prices are also on the agenda along with farmer money for PTOs, quad helmets and old farmhouses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team details the new suckler scheme set to afford farmers a payment of up to €60/cow. Brazilian beef imports, an acquisition by ABP, farm incomes, a dairy cow cull, the drought and weather outlook, EPA water trends, nature restoration and farm thefts all also feature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s Irish Farmers Journal Young Stock Podcast we caught up with Noel McSweeney, a young beef farmer from Macroom, Co Cork. Noel is a beef farmer and a pedigree and commercial show cattle breeder who speaks to us about his time studying Agricultural Science at the Waterford Institute of Technology, his time involved with Macra na Feirme and how he balances it all with a busy day job with the department of Agriculture working in the aqua sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Our news team discusses the how drought has taken hold across the country as farmers grapple to grow grass and secure fodder. Adviser concerns around ACRES, hay and silage ground prices, veterinary medicine regulations, the new vet school, EPA emissions forecasts and the IFA president election all also feature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s show comes from Co Donegal and includes a grain market update and a chat on crop condition in the north west.On this week’s podcast I’m joined by Cian Maguire of Comex McKinnon to talk about grain markets. We take a look at the news pages and tillage pages and we chat to Liam Robb at a walk on his farm in Co Donegal and get an update on crops in Northern Ireland from Robin Bolton of CAFRE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.