Discussion of agricultural news and rural affairs from Ireland's leading farming and agri-business newspaper, the Irish Farmers' Journal. Every Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The potential for tractor driving tests, overgrown bushes costing hauliers money, Michael Healy-Rae and the national farm survey all feature on this week's show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We recorded this week's Tillage Podcast at Crops and Technology. Jack Kennedy hosts with John Spink and Dermot Forristal from Teagasc and Gary Abbott, Peter Thomas Keaveney, Stephen Robb and Siobhán Walsh from the Irish farmers Journal. They talk about the event, the machinery, AgNav and advances in technology.Later in the show we hear and interview with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon recorded from the research fields in Oak Park. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on the show Rachel Donovan talks to Cian Minogue from Co Clare who chats about his PhD at UCD Lyon's Farm, his next career move and also some hurling punditry creeps its way in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can our past help us navigate a more sustainable future in food production and our eating habits? Ireland has long been known as a food-producing nation, but do we really know just how far back that extends? In the first episode of this six-part series on the past, present and future of Irish food and agriculture, journalist Janine Kennedy speaks with UCD School of Archaeology researchers Prof Meriel McClatchie and Prof Jessica Smyth, whose careers have centred around understanding our prehistoric diets and farming practises. She also speaks with Co Tipperary-based farmer, Maurice Deasy, who produces some “ancient grains” on his family tillage farm. Food Island is brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal. 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. Food Island is an Irish Farmers Journal podcast presented by multi-award-winning food journalist, Janine Kennedy. This podcast shares the evolving story of Ireland's rich food ways, farming cultures and gastronomy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Irish Farmers Journal travels to Japan to hear about the market opportunities for Irish beef, dairy and whiskey and hears from Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and industry stakeholders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Adam talks about the future of beef prices, Darren talks to us on news that TAMS is nearly booked out and Aidan chats about mixed signals on milk price by co-ops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's podcast hears of a risk that TAMS could soon run out of funding, the latest on sheep prices and farmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's tillage podcast we preview next week's Crops and Technology event. We chat to Goldcrop's John Dunne from the company's 40th Anniversary open day.We have the tillage news from straw payments to malting barley, a rise in grain prices 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 Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb speaks to young farmer Sean Callan, who runs a busy dairy, beef and tillage farm alongside his brothers and parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Adam talks Italy bound weanlings fetching over €3,000, Darren about his 48-page Protecting Payments supplement and Aidan on balancing stocking rate. Adam also chats to Peter Linden from Grassland AGRO on soil nutrients Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week the team discuss who's driving the demand for weanlings around mart rings, record calf prices, the increase in fertiliser sales as well as milk supply volumes so far this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we report from the Cereals event in the UK and have the newly released planting survey from the AHDB. Brian Reilly from Drummonds joins us with an update on crops in the North East and next week's Drummonds' open evening.We also bring you all the tillage stories from a jam-packed tillage paper from crop areas to protein payments and straw incorporation figures. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's Young Stock Podcast sees us travel to Adrian Bourke's suckler farm near Ballywilliam in Co Tipperary.Adrian has worked for Dovea Genetics in exports and distribution for the last few years, helping to sell bovine artificial insemination to farmers across Ireland and abroad.After becoming interested in cattle genetics during locked down, it has become a big part of his herd at home which he farms with his father. We also got a tour of some of the best bull calves he has in stock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we talk to Adam about the beef trade, chat to Darren on lamb prices, and Aidan covers the breeding season. Lorcan Roche-Kelly also speaks to Eoin Lowry of Bank of Ireland about trade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ongoing delays to ACRES payments, organic cattle prices and the impact climate change could have on land all feature on this week's podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's Tillage Podcast, we chat to Irish Farmers Association grain committee chair Kieran McEvoy about support for tillage, the target to increase tillage area, crop condition and grain prices.We look at this week's paper and have the grain trends and weather reports.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.
Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks with Eoin Murphy who tells us about his career, from milking cows in New Zealand, to selling 600hp tractors in Australia to becoming a John Deere branch manager in Clare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Adam talks about beef price, Darren about CAP numbers and Aidan about April milk price. Adam also chats with Clodagh Bolger from Grassland AGRO on managing nutrients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's show we hear the latest in the battle for Barne Estate, have an updated on ACRES from the Minister for Agriculture and hear about a crime gang in Meath targeting jeeps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's podcast we chat to Cathal Somers. Cathal is a water quality specialist with Teagasc and tells us all about the Farming for Water Programme and how it can help you implement practical measures to make your farm more environmentally friendly, while also providing funding. We also look at the paper, have the latest on Boortmalt, grain prices and the weather report. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.Here is a link to the map to find out if you are in a nitrates vulnerable zone and qualify for the Farming for Water programme: https://farmingforwater.ie/areas-for-action/Here is a list of measures in the Farming for Water programme: https://farmingforwater.ie/app/uploads/2025/04/A4-Measures-Brochure-V2.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We take to the road for this week's Young Stock Podcast as Sarah McIntosh attends the Teagasc/FBD student of the year award ceremony. The awards, sponsored by FBD, were presented to the top graduates of Teagasc Level 6 agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry training programmes in 2024. With 4,000 students across the Teagasc college campuses, it was a great opportunity to meet the top of the crop students, who took home prizes on the day. Each finalist was nominated by their teacher and Teagasc college faculty and selected from a judging panel. On the day Kate Curran, who is no stranger to the Young Stock Podcast, was awarded the overall title of Teagasc/FBD student of the year for 2024. We get the first interview with Kate as the shock of winning the award sets in and she outlines what it means to her. We also hear from Danny Doyle, who took home the title last year as he fills us in on what he has been up to over the last year while giving advice to this year's winner. Thomas O'Connor from Tralee, Co Kerry, who took home the winning title for the full-time agriculture category speaks to us about his educational pathway and why he decided to attend a Teagasc course. Tipperary native Niamh Duggan, Carrick-on-Suir, took home the award for the full-time other land-based enterprises category. She speaks about progressing onto the Level 8 degree in South East Technological University and what her plans are for the summer months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Adam talks about a finishing operation in Co. Meath, Darren updates on farm schemes and Aidan delves in to milk price top ups. Also, Lorcan Roche-Kelly talks to Bank of Ireland's Eoin Lowry on financial risks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on the show we discuss the future of CAP payments, the surge of cattle and calf exports and we here from IFA and ICOS who were protesting outside the European Commission's building in Dublin this week over the CAP budget post 2027. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's show we chat to farmer Rob Coleman on his farm in Co Cork. We talk crops and BASE Ireland. We look at the paper from direct drilling maize to fieldwork updates. As always, we have the grain trends and weather 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.
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Amy Forde speaks to Jack King, a pedigree sheep breeder from Ballymena, and Richard Beattie, president of the Young Farmers' Clubs of Ulster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we're at the Balmoral Show with a panel of guests talking about what's happening in the different sections. Also, we chat about the big issues in Northern Ireland with David Wright, Aidan Brennan and Colin Kelly CEO of Lakeland Dairies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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