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Young Stock Podcast: PhD, pigs and agricultural shows
3d ago00:42:00Tap to summarizeHailing from Carlow, Shane Maher joins Hannah Furlong on this week’s podcast to chat about his path to completing a PhD focused on innovative nutritional strategies to enhance pig performance, health and environmental sustainability in UCD.Having not grown up on a farm, Shane chats about how he went on to study agricultural science at university and how he got involved with the Irish Shows Association (ISA), where he is currently a board member and eastern regional secretary.Now working as nutrition and sustainability lead at Adesco Nutricines in Co Waterford, he has a passion for applying science in practice and developing practical solutions that contribute to a more sustainable agri-food industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Farm Tech Talk - Proposed €26m budget cut, Tullamore Farm updates and livestock trade prices
1w ago00:55:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s show, Stephen talks to the panel about a proposed €26 million budget cut for the Department of Agriculture, grass growth, heat stress, livestock trade and the DairyCon conference. Stephen also chats to John O’Loughlin from Grassland AGRO about CBAM. Join the Farm Tech Talk communityWe welcome any feedback andquestions you have for the Farm Tech Talk team. Please email farmtechtalk@farmersjournal.ie or send a text or voice note to our WhatsApp number 086836 6465Click here if you would like a weekly email notification whenFarm Talk is released https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1LkIraRklQcK5mClBGXTpFgets9e Farm Alert is now available for beef and sheep farmers as well as dairy farmers. Manage your herd and flock health with ease by signing up at www.farmalert.ie. To get started, watch our quick guide on how to register and set up your account https://youtu.be/zZD-8C7X4LgLearn how to build your calendars to receive automated text reminders https://youtube.com/shorts/uPDisMFEY-k Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inside the Farmers Journal: should Ireland eat its way out of its deer problem?
1w ago00:23:26Tap to summarizeInside the Farmers Journal: should Ireland eat its way out of its deer problem?On this week’s show, the team talks about the rise in deer numbers, forestry payments and hears from officials in the US on farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tillage podcast - World trade and feed imports
1w ago00:30:17Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tillage Podcast, we chat to the head of farming and agribusiness at the World Bank, Anup Jagwani. We chat to Edwini Kessie, who is the director of agriculture and commodities at the World Trade Organisation. There’s a fieldwork, grain trends, and weather report, as well as a look at the paper. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inside Dairy Trailer - Co-op performance, profit and loss
1w ago00:10:30Tap to summarizeLorcan Roche Kelly, Irish Farmers Journal Agribusiness editor, joins Aidan and Daire to discuss how the major milk processors performed throughout 2025 in terms of: Milk volumeTurnoverDebt-levelNet asset valueProfitability Inside Dairy subscribers can access this special episode via the email that they received on Wednesday 27 May. If you are not already a subscriber to Inside Dairy, get access now by going to www.ifj.ie/insidedairy or scan the QR code. A ten-minute trailer of this special Inside Dairy episode can be viewed on the Irish Farmers Journal website and social media channelsLink to view the slides https://www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/watch-inside-dairy-special-2025-dairy-co-op-performance-and-milk-price-review-917282 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Young Stock Podcast - Real farming life with Annie McGuinness and Grá
1w ago00:58:18Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Youngstock podcast, Annie McGuinness joins Martin Merrick to talk about her rising social media following, the positives and negatives and her involvement with the Cooley sheep breeders.Annie McGuinness has seen her social media reach sky rocket from under 10,000 followers to over 80,000 in the space of a few short months. The proud Louth farmer and her viral pet lamb Grá have taken Instagram and Tik Tok by storm, with the dynamic duo featuring on Ireland AM as well as local and national radio. Annie talks about her background in agriculture, why she began posting content online and how that has grown considerably over the last few months, as well as the negatives and positives of a presence on social media.Daire and Martin talk about what’s happening with them this week as well as who would play the Farmers Journal team if there was a biopic. Eoin Lowry, Head of Agriculture with Bank of Ireland, chats to Martin about financing land purchases; what banks look at in terms of repayment capacity, deposits and how it may affect a mortgage application. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Farm Tech Talk - New TB programme, Brazil fights back and BISS
2w ago01:01:02Tap to summarizeThis week, Stephen and the panel discuss the EU fertiliser plan, hogget prices, the new TB on-farm biosecurity programme, BlSS, and Kerry Dairy Ireland's new name. Stephen also chats to Clodagh Bolger from Grassland AGRO about reseeding. Join the Farm Tech Talk communityWe welcome any feedback and questions you have for the Farm Tech Talk team. Please email farmtechtalk@farmersjournal.ie or send a text or voice note to our WhatsApp number 086 836 6465Click here if you would like a weekly email notification when Farm Talkis released https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1LkIraRklQcK5mClBGXTpFgets9e Farm Alert is now available for beef and sheep farmers as well as dairy farmers. Manage your herd and flock health with ease by signing up at www.farmalert.ie. To get started, watch our quick guide on how to register and set up your account https://youtu.be/zZD-8C7X4LgLearn how to build your calendars to receive automated text reminders https://youtube.com/shorts/uPDisMFEY-k Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inside the Farmers Journal - the suckler revival
2w ago00:24:36Tap to summarizeOn this week’s show Declan O’Brien looks at the revival in suckler numbers, we look at tree planting levels and the EU’s fertiliser plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tillage podcast - French perspective, a World of seed and trade deals
2w ago00:30:32Tap to summarizeWe report from the World Seed Congress this week. We chat to a French farmer and grain analyst, Arthur Portier, from Argus Media. We met Goldcrop’s Donal Fitzgerald, who was doing business and trading seed at the congress, and we chatted to the North American Grain Export Association on the US-China trade deal and deforestation regulations. It’s a jam-packed episode, and we’ll let you know what’s in the paper as well. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trailer Inside Dairy - Ornua market update, Kinisla and non-cycling cows
2w ago00:05:55Tap to summarizeThis week on Inside Dairy, we hear from Ornua’s Ciarán Aylward on the latest trends in dairy markets from supply and demand to future outlooks on milk price.CEO of Kinisla, formerly known as Kerry Dairy Ireland, Pat Murphy discusses the co-op’s name change and we review the performance of the business in 2025.With the weather forecast expected to pick up from the weekend and growth rates predicted to lift, managing grass quality and surpluses will be a challenge. Aidan Brennan and Daire Cregg discuss the best management practices for getting the next couple of weeks right.Finally, on the breakdown we take a look at submission rates and what to do with those cows in the herd that have not yet cycled.Hear all of this and more on this week’s Inside Dairy with Aidan Brennan and Daire Cregg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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