Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

On this week’s show we had a chat with Dan Basse, a to grain analyst from the US. We also talk grain price announcements, fieldwork and look at the paper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Farming News Amy Forde and the team look at the future of Rockwell Farm in Tipperary, Pat O'Toole talks us through the upcoming Presidential election, we also take a look at the spud harvest and we hear about the upcoming Women & Agriculture conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Meath man David Cooney, who decided to change career path after completing an Arts degree in NUIG, and go full-time contracting alongside his brother, Shane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat to Adam Woods about weanling prices and the exporter boycott. Darren Carty gives an update on hill sheep prices. Aidan Brennan covers the talks between Aurivo and Dale Farm. We also chat with Eoin Lowry from BOI about farm finances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part two of our Budget 2026 special Join host Caitriona Morrissey alongside Pat O'Toole, Darren Carty and Lorcan Roche Kelly as they break down the big topics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tillage podcast: budget, sowing and chats from YorkshireDescription: On this week’s Tillage Podcast we visit an Italian ryegrass trial site in England talk about the budget and winter cereal planting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the news team talk about the key take aways from Budget 2026, TB testing failures, and mart manager reaction to the boycott of weanling sales by exporters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Farmers Journal Team have been poring over the speeches and announcements by ministers Paschal Donohue, Jack Chambers and Martin Heydon, to bring you the essential news and detailed analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s Youngstock podcast, Martin Merrick talks to Macra president Josephine O’Neill on how her first few months as Macra president has been going.With the presidential campaign to elect Uachtarán na hEireann under way, this week we talk to Macra’s own president Josephine O’Neill. Coming up on six months in to her work as national president, we discuss how she got involved in Macra to begin with 12 years ago and what she perceives as the benefits of Macra and how it is not just a social club for younger farmers with a wide variety of competitions and events, but a lobbying organisation as well. We ask Josephine how her term has been so far, as well as her hopes for the remainder of her time at the helm of Macra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we chat to Adam about a potential boycott of weanling sales by live exporters, Darren on the sheep kill, while Aidan updates us on Dairy Day 2025. We’re also joined by Peter Linden from Grassland AGRO and Richard Kennedy from Carbon AMS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tirlán’s head of grains joins us on this week’s Tillage Podcast. John Kealy caught up with the Irish Farmers Journal at this year’s National Ploughing Championships on markets, the tillage crisis and Tirlán’s plans for the future. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer crops Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show we discuss the planned boycott of weanling sales by exporters, Tirlán’s move to offload Glanbia shares and how a new trade school will help youngsters wire a plug. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From sucklers to sheep, AI to scanning, and sheep dog demonstrations to relief milking, 19-year-old Aaron McGann has plenty of irons in the fire when it comes to farming. From Bellharbour in Co Clare, Aaron has had a strong interest in farming from a young age and was an early starter in getting his own farm enterprises off the ground. His father Martin and mother Martina always had sucklers. In his early teenage years he started his own sheep flock and also began working with local dairy farmers, Bryan and Deirdre Hynes. In transition year he completed his AI technician course and got a job doing sheep dog demonstrations at Caherconnell Stone Fort. To this day, he still keeps up all of the above and shows on the weekend in his spare time. Aaron had great success at Tullamore Show with his Bluefaced Leicesters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Adam discusses the ICBF star rating changes, Darren reports on lamb scarcity and its effect on prices, while Aidan covers milk prices, tips for managing new re-seeds, and explains the sharp drop in EBI across all dairy herds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s podcast we go through the figures on crop profits, tillage incomes and what’s bringing about the best return with Dr Fiona Thorne of Teagasc. We also talk about a new Irish ration on the market. This week’s show was recorded live at the National Ploughing Championships. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer crops Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s show, the team chats about the presidential election, the link between gun clubs and mink, and the State snapping up more land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode, sporting legends Tommy Durnin, Lizzie Murphy, Stephen Coen and Daire Cregg join Sarah McIntosh live from the Ploughing in Tullamore to talk all things sport and farming.We have a special Young Stock Podcast this week as we record live at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Co. Offaly. Sarah McIntosh is joined by four sporting legends who have a strong tie to agriculture and the land. Louth footballer Tommy Durnin, who also owns a suckler farm, discusses the recent success of the team winning the Leinster Senior Football Championship for the first time in 68 years. Along with this he gives some advice to young players.Irish Hockey goalkeeper Lizzie Murphy, who studied agriculture in UCD, is now working as a tax associate for PwC Ireland. She discusses what it was like travelling to the Tokyo Olympics during COVID-19 and the importance of encouraging women in sport.Stephen Coen, the general manager of Senus and a senior footballer for Mayo, also joins us to discus

This week, Farm Tech Talk is live from the National Ploughing Championships, covering milk price, the beef outlook, schemes, and tillage and sheep updates. Eoin Lowry (BOI) shares farming projections, while Padraig Fleming (GNI) talks biomethane Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plough On Podcast: Mary Lou, Micheál and a seven-time world ploughing winnerDescription: Tune in to the final episode of the Plough On Podcast for 2025 as we report from the final day of the National Ploughing Championships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tillage podcast: ploughing chats, tillage crisis and €60m fundingDescription: On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chatted to Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon after the IFA’s Tillage Crisis meeting on Friday night in Co Kildare. We then got the opinion of the farm organisations following that meeting. Kieran McEvoy of the Irish Farmers’ Association and Clive Carter of the Irish Grain Growers Group joined us on the Irish Farmers Journal’s stand at the National Ploughing Championships. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.