Best Irish Farmers Journal Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 1285: Farm Tech Talk Ep 278 - Positive outlook for sucklers, peatlands appeals process, recent trade developments and tree-cutting safety concerns. 1:04:33

10h ago1:04:33

1:04:33

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.

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Ep 1284: Farming News - GAEC 2 appeals, bale stacking penalties and ‘forgotten’ forgotten farmers 23:16

1d ago23:16

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.

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Ep 1283: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest updates and production estimates 19:04

1d ago19:04

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…

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Ep 1282: Young Stock Podcast - Behind the scenes showing cattle 9:36

5d ago9:36

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.

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Ep 1281: Food Island Episode 6 - Back to the future 1:10:52

6d ago1:10:52

1:10:52

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 …

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Ep 1280: Farm Tech Talk Ep 277 - Weanling management, CAP 2028, investment on farms and nutrient management 1:05:18

8d ago1:05:18

1:05:18

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.

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Ep 1279: Farming News - Minister on CAP, land prices and forgotten farmers 27:34

9d ago27:34

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.

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Ep 1278: The Tillage Podcast - Income issues, prices and UK wheat 30:07

9d ago30:07

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…

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Ep 1277: Farming News Special - Minister Heydon's views on Commission CAP cuts 8:06

9d ago8:06

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.

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Ep 1276: Young Stock Podcast - All things TikTok, Tractor tuning and building a business from the age of 22 36:02

11d ago36:02

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.…

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Ep 1275: Food Island Episode 5 - The current climate 1:12:58

13d ago1:12:58

1:12:58

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…

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Ep 1274: Farm Tech Talk Ep 276 - Reaction to the new CAP, grain and straw prices, and farm safety with ESB Networks 1:15:30

15d ago1:15:30

1:15:30

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.…

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Ep 1273: Farming News - CAP exclusive, hurley making and the derogation 29:17

16d ago29:17

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.

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Ep 1272: The Tillage Podcast - Prices, catch crops and harvest 27:33

16d ago27:33

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 B…

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Ep 1271: Young Stock Podcast - Stock judging and showing pedigree cows 12:40

19d ago12:40

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.

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Ep 1270: Food Island Episode 4 - The great leap forward into Europe 1:12:59

20d ago1:12:59

1:12:59

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 …

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Ep 1269: Farm Tech Talk Ep 275 - Easy calving suckler herd in Fermanagh, lamb performance at Tullamore Farm, nitrates derogation and managing the heat 1:16:53

22d ago1:16:53

1:16:53

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.…

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Ep 1268: Farming News Podcast - derogation battle, budget demands and scheme appeals 28:46

23d ago28:46

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.

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Ep 1267: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, seed and north east varieties 20:26

23d ago20:26

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.c…

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Ep 1266: Young Stock Podcast - Moffitt keeping all the irons in the fire hot 19:00

26d ago19:00

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 …

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Ep 1265: Food Island Episode 3 - A taste of independence 1:07:13

27d ago1:07:13

1:07:13

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 ed…

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Ep 1264: Farm Tech Talk Ep 274 - Record prices for Kerry weanlings, remaining ACRES payments, Moorepark 2025 and the current milk price 49:03

29d ago49:03

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.

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Ep 1263: Farming News- Sizzling mart trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft 23:10

29d ago23:10

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…

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Ep 1262: Special - Moorepark 2025 39:51

29d ago39:51

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.

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Ep 1261: The Tillage Podcast - Harvest, UK farm visit and all the news 26:47

1M ago26:47

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 …

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Ep 1260: Young Stock Podcast - Live from the fields at Crops and Technology 2025 23:18

1M ago23:18

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 work…

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Ep 1259: Food Island Episode 2 - Feast and famine 1:14:20

1M ago1:14:20

1:14:20

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 Tipp…

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Ep 1258: Farm Tech Talk Ep 273 - Mega finishers in the cattle trade, Athenry Sheep Festival 2025 and Moorepark 2025 59:26

1M ago59:26

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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Ep 1257: Farming News - tractor driver tests, bushes and farm incomes 17:12

1M ago17:12

17:12

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.

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Ep 1256: The Tillage Podcast - Reporting from Crops event with Minister Heydon interview 59:14

1M ago59:14

59:14

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 intervi…

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Ep 1255: Young Stock Podcast – An insight into doing a PhD in agriculture 22:33

1M ago22:33

22:33

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.

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Ep 1254: Food Island Episode 1 - Land of milk and honey 1:05:58

1M ago1:05:58

1:05:58

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 w…

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Ep 1253: Big in Japan - Irish beef tongue, whiskey highballs and dairy 18:08

1M ago18:08

18:08

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.

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Ep 1252: Farm Tech Talk Ep 272 - Future of beef prices, TAMS and mixed signals on milk price by co-ops 51:45

1M ago51:45

51:45

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.

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Ep 1251: Farming News - TAMS funds run low and farmer win on ESB pole compensation 19:30

1M ago19:30

19:30

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.

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Ep 1250: The Tillage Podcast - Sunny Cork Crops and souped-up sprayers 48:57

1M ago48:57

48:57

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 a…

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Ep 1249: Young Stock Podcast - Family, farms and 550 dairy cows in Louth – Sean Callan 30:12

2M ago30:12

30:12

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.

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Ep 1248: Farm Tech Talk Ep 271 - Weanlings heading for Italy and making over €3,000, 48-page Protecting Payments supplement , balancing stocking rate and soil nutrients 1:10:14

2M ago1:10:14

1:10:14

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.

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EP 1246: Farming News - Weanling trade, analysis of record calf prices and milk supply 26:33

2M ago26:33

26:33

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.

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Ep 1247: The Tillage Podcast - Reporting from Cereals in the UK and crops in Co Louth 28:41

2M ago28:41

28:41

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 stra…

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Ep 1245: Young Stock Podcast - Dovea salesman shows off his suckler herd 20:09

2M ago20:09

20:09

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 dow…

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Ep 1244: Farm Tech Talk Ep 270 - Beef trade, lamb prices, dairy breeding season and trade 59:28

2M ago59:28

59:28

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.

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Ep 1243: Farming News - ACRES; organic cattle prices and climate change 23:34

2M ago23:34

23:34

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.

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Ep 1242: The Tillage Podcast - 'we have been looking for €65m funding for tillage sector' 25:45

2M ago25:45

25:45

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 …

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Ep 1241: Young Stock Podcast - From selling 600hp John Deere’s in Australia to becoming branch manager in Clare 27:25

2M ago27:25

27:25

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.

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Ep 1240: Farm Tech Talk Ep 269 - Beef price, CAP numbers, April milk price and managing nutrients 1:16:53

2M ago1:16:53

1:16:53

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.

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Ep 1239: Farming News - battle for Barne, ACRES and Meath crime gang 28:54

2M ago28:54

28:54

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.

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Ep 1238: The Tillage Podcast - all the details of a practical, flexible tillage scheme 34:34

2M ago34:34

34:34

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 p…

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Ep 1237: Young Stock Podcast - Top of the crop 20:18

2M ago20:18

20:18

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…

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Ep 1236: Farm Tech Talk Ep 268 - Finishing operation in County Meath, farm schemes milk price top-ups and financial risks. 1:09:05

2M ago1:09:05

1:09:05

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.

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