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Discussion of agricultural news and rural affairs from Ireland's leading farming and agri-business newspaper, the Irish Farmers' Journal. Every Thursday.

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    Ep 1308: Young Stock Podcast - Kennedy brothers on building success online

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 39:06


    With over 180,000 followers on social media, Dave and Michael Kennedy have created an online fitness company, The Lifestyle Blueprint. The brothers who grew up on a small dairy farm and pub are now helping people living in rural areas make lifestyle changes by focusing on their health and fitness. With a keen interest in agriculture, they can relate to the challenges facing farmers in terms of finding the time to exercise and not prioritising themselves. Along with this, the brothers talk about dealing with grief as they tragically lost their sister, Sarah, in a car accident in January 2010, and more recently, their mother, Mary, at the end of 2024. Strong Body, Strong MindAll roads lead to Tullamore next week, as the National Ploughing Championships take place from 16- 18 September. Across the three days, the Kennedy Brothers will be part of the Irish Farmers Journal ‘Strong Body, Strong Mind' campaign. Each day, they will be demonstrating simple exercises that farmers can do at home without gym equipment. Along with this, they will be taking part in health panels discussing the importance of healthy eating and looking after your mind with Irish Country Living editor, Ciara Leahy. To get in touch with your opinions and feedback on the podcast, you can email youngstock@farmersjournal.ie or leave a WhatsApp voice note at 0868366465. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1307: Succession Series Ep 2 - shared farming and leasing structures

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 35:07


    In week two of our Succession Podcast, we speak to Christopher Cahill, FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2024, who entered into a shared farming arrangement in 2021. Christopher speaks about the transition into the agreement and what supports are needed for young farmers.Collaboration is forging a new pathway for those without farms or land to stay in agriculture and providing a solution to succession.Padraig Cunnane from Ardmore also speaks about his experience farming in a straight seven-year leasing model at the other end of the country in Co Cork. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1306: Farm Tech Talk Ep 283 - Threat of Mercosur, revolution in hill sheep management, milk price, soil sampling and working in the vicinity of pipelines safely

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 65:13


    This week Adam talks about the threat of Mercosur, Darren chats about the revolution in hill sheep management and Aidan talks to us about milk price. Adam also talks to John Brennan from Grassland AGRO and Paul O'Brien from Gas Networks Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1305: Farming News - Emergency brake for Mercosur and ICBF indices

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 15:00


    On this week's show, the team discusses the Mercosur trade deal, hear from the Minister for Agriculture, talk ICBF indices and dairy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1304: The Tillage Podcast - tillage area will decrease without support

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 29:22


    This week's Tillage Podcast asks questions to industry about the future of the tillage sector and supports that are needed.Description: We also talk winter barley varieties, rye, Government commitments, upcoming events grain prices and weather. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1303: Young Stock Podcast - ‘Irish duck is the Wagyu beef of Southeast Asia'

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 23:31


    Our guest this week is Niamh Mulhern who joins us from Singapore where she's working as a market advisor with Bord Bia promoting Irish duck and dairy across South East Asia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1302 - Succession Series Ep 1 - Getting your affairs in order

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 25:19


    Jacqueline Hogge, rural affairs reporter sits down with solicitor and Farmers Journal columnist Aisling Meehan and FAI Farm Families Chair Teresa Roche to discuss the various things farmers need to do when setting up a succession plan. We discuss the implications of succession on applying for nursing home support, Fair Deal, and what both sides in a succession arrangement need to be aware of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1301: Farm Tech Talk Ep 282 - Breeding sheep prices, milk prices, grain price for tillage farmers and safety concerns during farm construction.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 75:32


    This week, Darren discusses breeding sheep prices, Aidan chats about milk prices and Siobhán explains what sets grain price for tillage farmers. Also, Stephen Robb talks to Emer Murphy from ESB Networks on safety concerns during farm construction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1300: Farming News - tractor tests, hedgecutting and TB

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 19:00


    Michael Healy-Rae on tractor driver licences, reseeding and hedgecutting all feature on this week's News Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1299: The Tillage Podcast - Reporting from US corn fields with top market advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 30:10


    On this week's tillage podcast, we take listeners onto the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, talk to grain markets expert Karen Braun of Zaner Ag Hedge and bring you all the latest news from a major IFA tillage meeting to premium contracts and including Irish grain in rations.As always, we look at this week's paper, have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1298: Young Stock Podcast - Sheep, forage crops and the future of farming – Ned Kehoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 30:39


    On this week's Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to sheep farmer and DLF business manager Ned Kehoe about all things sheep, college, forage crops and the future of farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1297: Farm Tech Talk Ep 281 - Record prices for breeding sheep, TAMS Investments, nitrates, milk prices and supplies of nutrients for Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 52:36


    This week, we chat with Darren on record prices for breeding sheep, with Martin on TAMS investments and Aidan on nitrates and milk prices. Darren also chats with Peter Linden from Grassland AGRO about supplies of nutrients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1296: Farming News - The big three analysed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 23:13


    Join Rachel Donovan & Noel Bardon for the weekly catch up on all the big farming news of the week. With expert analysis from our own Martin Merrick and Declan O'Brien. The big three this week – Red Hot Weanlings, TAMS and Milk Prices. Produced by Kate Brennan HardingSponsored by: ESBContact the show: news@farmersjournal.ieWhatsapp: 086836665 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1295: The Tillage Podcast - reporting from US crop tour and Co Cork crops

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 27:47


    This week's show comes from Spencer, Iowa in the United States as we report from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour which examines and measures crops across the US mid-west to estimate yields and examine crop quality.We chat to Liam Leahy of Dairygold to hear how the cereal harvest went in Co Cork and take a look at this week's paper and the grain trends report.You can listen to the podcast here: The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1294: Young Stock Podcast- 23-year-old Offaly man running family engineering business

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 29:04


    On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Thomas Daly, who runs Rainbow Engineering alongside his father John, an Offaly machinery manufacturing company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1293: Farm Tech Talk Ep 280 - Beef Welfare Scheme, TAMS, planning permissions, straw prices and ensuring safe electrical connections

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 56:39


    This week, Adam discusses the Beef Welfare Scheme, Martin shares insights on TAMS and planning permissions, and Siobhan talks about straw prices. Stephen also chats with Robert Sutton from ESB Networks about ensuring safe electrical connections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1292: Farming News - Fertiliser clampdown, milk prices and succession

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 22:02


    New proposals from the nitrates expert group, a milk price outlook from Tirlán and succession all feature in this week's show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1291: The Tillage Podcast -All you need to know about oilseed rape and a harvest update

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 36:30


    On this week's tillage podcast we chat to Goldcrop's John Dunne about oilseed rape and why more people might consider growing the crop this season. We also have a harvest update, look at new nitrates proposals, news from this week's paper, grain prices and weather. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1290: Young Stock Podcast - Showing and succession at the Tullamore Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 22:52


    On this week's Young Stock Podcast, we have a special episode for our listeners as Sarah McIntosh and Amy Forde headed to Co. Offaly and attended the Tullamore Show. Thousands of people were in attendance for the one-day show, on Sunday, 10 August, which showcased 700 trade stands from the agri sector along with farm produce, livestock, agri machinery and more.Among some of the hot topics discussed on the day were the challenges facing young farmers in terms of succession and the action needed to support farm families. Along with this, Sarah heads to the show rings and speaks to some of the young farming enthusiasts who were getting their cattle ready for the ring. Keep an eye out in this week's paper as the Irish Farmers Journal launches its succession series along with more content on young handlers in Irish Country Living. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Ep 1289: Farm Tech Talk Ep 279 - Weanling prices, sheep prices, derogation, fertiliser and lime application

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 59:24


    This week, we chat with Adam about weanling prices, Martin discusses sheep prices, and Aidan covers the derogation. Adam also speaks with Clodagh Bolger from Grassland AGRO about fertiliser and lime application. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1288: Farming News - beef price, fertiliser testing and expiring tax reliefs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 20:28


    This week Adam Woods discusses beef prices, cattle shortages and weanling sales while Noel Bardon discusses Teagasc's income for 2024, fertiliser testing and farm tax reliefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1287: The Tillage Podcast - harvest report from Kilkenny

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 27:23


    Bretts' agronomist Paul Colgan joins us on this week's podcast to update us on the harvest and grain yields and quality. We hear what's in the paper and have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1286: Young Stock Podcast - family key to growing to 200 cows in Waterford

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 24:39


    This week, we hear from dairy farmer Shane Fitzgerald on the attractiveness of dairying to young farmers, ideal cow type and why you can never have too much slurry storage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1285: Farm Tech Talk Ep 278 - Positive outlook for sucklers, peatlands appeals process, recent trade developments and tree-cutting safety concerns.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 64:33


    This week, Adam discusses the positive outlook for sucklers, Darren covers the peatlands appeals process, Lorcan reviews recent trade developments, and Stephen talks to ESB Networks' Alan Kelly about tree-cutting safety concerns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1284: Farming News - GAEC 2 appeals, bale stacking penalties and ‘forgotten' forgotten farmers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 23:16


    This week, we hear of controversy around the GAEC 2 land categorisation appeals process, the number of farmers penalised for stacking bales too high and of the group of farmers now deemed the ‘forgotten' forgotten farmers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1283: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest updates and production estimates

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 19:04


    On this week's Tillage Podcast we have an update on harvest from oilseed rape to spring barley and straw. We examine yield estimates from the Irish Farmers Journal's Crop Tour and hear from some of the agronomists that we met on that tour.As always, we have the latest tillage news, grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1282: Young Stock Podcast - Behind the scenes showing cattle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 9:36


    Two budding young farmers, brothers Tomás and Bríen Williams from Co Cavan, talk all things show cattle with Anne O'Donoghue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1281: Food Island Episode 6 - Back to the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 70:52


    For the sixth and final episode of this limited podcast series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture, we delve into our potential food future. What might it look like in the decades to come? Are heritage and culture going to give way to science and technology as we navigate climate change and its many challenges? How can we keep rural Irish communities fed and thriving, and what role does the farming community play in it all?Host Janine Kennedy speaks with Irish Farmers Journal deputy editor Caitriona Morrissey, UCD professor and bioeconomy expert, Tom Curran, and Davie Philip and Oliver Moore from the Feeding Ourselves Community of Practise, which is based in the Cloughjordan Ecovillage. Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1280: Farm Tech Talk Ep 277 - Weanling management, CAP 2028, investment on farms and nutrient management

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 65:18


    This week Adam talks about weanling management, Darren discusses CAP 2028 and Martin looks at investment on farms. Also, Adam meets with John Brennan from Grassland AGRO to discuss nutrient management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1279: Farming News - Minister on CAP, land prices and forgotten farmers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 27:34


    This week Noel Bardon gets into the detail of an exclusive meeting held with the Minister for Agriculture on the future of the CAP, Declan O'Brien talks about land prices and James Hanly has an update on a new forgotten farmers scheme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1278: The Tillage Podcast - Income issues, prices and UK wheat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 30:07


    On this week's Tillage Podcast we talk harvest, tillage incomes, grain prices and as always look at this week's paper. We chat to Cork woman Aoife O'Driscoll who is a senior specialist in crop protection and integrated pest management with NIAB in the UK. We also chat to NIAB's Clare Leaman.We preview the Irish Farmers Journal's Crop Tour and have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1277: Farming News Special - Minister Heydon's views on Commission CAP cuts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 8:06


    The European Commission's radical proposals to cut the ringfenced funding available for the next CAP by 20% has shaken the farming sector. We caught up with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon to get his views on the plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1276: Young Stock Podcast - All things TikTok, Tractor tuning and building a business from the age of 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 36:02


    On this weeks Youngstock Podcast, Gary Abbott speaks to young agri mechanic and tractor tuning specialist Ben Dunford, who set out at the age of 22 to build his own business which has since gone from strength to strength with the help of social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1275: Food Island Episode 5 - The current climate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 72:58


    We have delved into Ireland's rich history of food and agriculture, and now it's time to face our current reality. What is Ireland's place in an increasingly tech-driven and globalised world? Are farmers prepared to face the roadblocks ahead as we race to meet our sustainability goals? In this modern age, what even constitutes "Irish" food?In this episode of Food Island, our six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture, host Janine Kennedy speaks with Irish Farmers Journal editor, Jack Kennedy; chef and author, JP McMahon and UCD professor of politics and Earth Institute member Patrick Paul Walsh.Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute @universitycollegedublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1274: Farm Tech Talk Ep 276 - Reaction to the new CAP, grain and straw prices, and farm safety with ESB Networks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 75:30


    On this show, Adam discusses suckler farmers' reaction to the new CAP, Darren covers the CAP 2028 plans, Siobhan updates on grain and straw prices, along with harvest progress. Stephen chats with Claire Mulholland from ESB Networks about farm safety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1273: Farming News - CAP exclusive, hurley making and the derogation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 29:17


    This week the news team discusses all things CAP, how ash dieback is impacting hurley making as well as the latest on Ireland's renewal of the nitrates derogation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1272: The Tillage Podcast - Prices, catch crops and harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 27:33


    On this week's show we chat about winter wheat varieties and malting barley with Graham Byrne and Séamus Kearney from the Department of Agriculture and we chat to Seedtech's Tim O'Donovan. We have news on CAP, catch crops, a harvest update and all the tillage news including the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1271: Young Stock Podcast - Stock judging and showing pedigree cows

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 12:40


    On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Caoimhe Sheridan interviews Hannah Greenan from the Greenlea herd in Co Monaghan and talks about stock judging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1270: Food Island Episode 4 - The great leap forward into Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 72:59


    Joining the European Economic Community in the early 1970s profoundly changed the way we farm and produce food in Ireland, but this was also an era of great change within our food culture. Join us in this episode of Food Island, where we discuss the era spanning from the 1970s to the year 2000. Host Janine Kennedy speaks with Irish Farmers Journal journalists Pat O'Toole and Phelim O'Neill, Co Cork dairy farmers Tim and Katherine O'Leary and chef Eunice Power.Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1269: Farm Tech Talk Ep 275 - Easy calving suckler herd in Fermanagh, lamb performance at Tullamore Farm, nitrates derogation and managing the heat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 76:53


    This week, Adam talks about the easy calving suckler herd in Fermanagh. Darren updates on lamb performance at Tullamore Farm, while Aidan discusses nitrates derogation. Adam also talks to Peter Linden from Grassland AGRO on managing the heat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1268: Farming News Podcast - derogation battle, budget demands and scheme appeals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 28:46


    On this week's news podcast, the team discusses the fallout from the terms of the derogation renewal, what farm organisations want in the budget and scheme appeals Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1267: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, seed and north east varieties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 20:26


    On this week's Tillage Podcast we talk harvest, have all the lates tillage news and catch up with Irish Seed Trade Association president Tim O'Donovan and Brian Reilly from Drummonds from the recent open days. As always, we have the grain trends and weather report. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1266: Young Stock Podcast - Moffitt keeping all the irons in the fire hot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 19:00


    This week, Martin Merrick talks to Ava Moffitt who combines college life with helping run a suckler and sheep enterprise, a pub and the families but livestock mart in Manorhamilton.If you want something done ask a busy person they say. In that case, asking Ava Moffitt to do something would be a wise choice, but she has enough irons in the fire as she is. Between lambing ewes and calving cows on the home farm in spring to working behind the family pub, then jumping back in to the boots to help run the family owned Manorhamilton mart, it's a wonder Ava has time to complete her degree in ATU Letterkenny, but the young Cavan woman somehow manages.We chat about what it was like to grow up in a mart and how both her and her siblings have taken on more responsibility as the years go on, with Ava heading up the ever growing Christmas fatstock sale. Aside from all her commitments to home and college, Ava is also one of the select few young sheep farmers chosen to take part in Kepak's Young Sheep Farmer Forum which we also discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1265: Food Island Episode 3 - A taste of independence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 67:13


    In episode three of Food Island, we are continuing our journey through the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture. This week, we explore the era of pre- and post-independence and how the political and social shifts during this time affected our food and farming methods. Host Janine Kennedy speaks with former Irish Farmers Journal editor, Matt Dempsey, independent food and tourism activist John Mulcahy and she also pays a visit to the garage at the Agricultural History Museum in Co Wexford, where a group of retied volunteers spend each Tuesday fixing up old cars, tractors and machinery.Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1264: Farm Tech Talk Ep 274 - Record prices for Kerry weanlings, remaining ACRES payments, Moorepark 2025 and the current milk price

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 49:03


    This week, Adam discusses the record prices for Kerry weanlings in July, Darren updates us on the remaining ACRES payments, and Aidan shares insights on Moorepark 2025 and the current milk price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1263: Farming News- Sizzling mart trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 23:10


    This week on the podcast Adam Woods discusses the mart trade, in particular the trade for autumn-born weanlings which has kicked off with a bang for 2025. James Hanly reports on dog control and sheep worrying and explains how a tractor stolen in Co Clare last March was recovered 30km away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1262: Special - Moorepark 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 39:51


    Jack Kennedy chats to dairy editor Aidan Brennan and special guests about key take home messages from the Moorepark Open Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1261: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, UK farm visit and all the news

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 26:47


    On this week's Tillage Podcast we chat to English farmer and Agrii researcher David Felce on his farm about soil, grass weeds and much more. We talk to Goldcrop's Joe Millerick on bean and oat varieties and we have all the tillage news from grain trends, tariffs, AgNav, a harvest update, weather report and more. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1260: Young Stock Podcast - Live from the fields at Crops and Technology 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 23:18


    This week on the show, we take our listeners on the road as we record live from the Crops and Technology 2025 open day that took place on Wednesday 25 June in Teagasc Oak Park. From careers to technology advancements coming onto the market, we spoke about the challenges and opportunities facing young people in the sector.Padraic Guinan who is working with vantage Ireland, a precision agriculture company joins us to talk about their high-tech equipment demonstrating green on green spraying that is able to spot spray docks in grass. He speaks about how it is a game changer for saving on pesticides, money and things like clover in grassland. Another quest joining the panel is Zack Harrold from Co Dublin, who has just completed his first year working as a teacher in Teagasc college of amenity horticulture. He speaks about the apprenticeship programmes and the opportunities in the sector for young people. Finally, Peter Thomas Keaveney, machinery correspondent with the Irish Farmers Journal discusses the different technology on show and the importance of using machinery to help with efficiency and labour challenges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1259: Food Island Episode 2 - Feast and famine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 74:20


    In this six-part podcast series, we are looking into the past and present of Irish food and agriculture and asking: by better understanding the past, can we help develop a more sustainable future? Last week, UCD School of Archaeology professors Meriel McClatchie and Jessica Smyth spoke of pre-historic Irish farming and food practises, while Co Tipperary farmer Maurice Deasy discussed growing regenerative crops of heritage grain. For episode two, we move into medieval Ireland and beyond; covering pre- and post-British colonisation, the Great Famine and the era of industrialisation; speaking with Irish food historian Regina Sexton, folklorist and Irish Country Living columnist Shane Lehane and Mairin Byrne, who owns and operates Inch House Pudding – a food with its own living history. Food Island is presented by multi-award-winning food journalist Janine Kennedy and brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. It shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. This special six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture was produced in collaboration with the UCD Earth Institute @universitycollegedublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 1258: Farm Tech Talk Ep 273 - Mega finishers in the cattle trade, Athenry Sheep Festival 2025 and Moorepark 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 59:26


    This week, Adam talks about mega finishers in the cattle trade while Darren gives the lowdown on Athenry Sheep Festival 2025 and Aidan chats about what to expect at Moorepark 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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