Francess McDonnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Farmers protest over GAEC 2; New TAMS tranche for storm damage; Nitrates changes; Farmers indicate support for tighter movement controls to curb TB spread; Minister Healy-Rae doubles down on live exports; Calls for 1c of retail price of a pint to be given to barley growers. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly revie...
Mar 06, 2025•30 min
In the second episode of Agriland's latest limited podcast series 'The Dairy Trail', technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to Larry Hannon's dairy farm in Ballitore, Co. Kildare. Larry Hannon has 235 cows to calve down this spring and has over 70% of the herd calved. The aim is to have 220 cows milking strong at the peak of the lactation. The focus on the farm is to get the cows out to grass for a few hours every day and to maximise the cow's dry matter intake in the early lactati...
Mar 04, 2025•24 min
Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien, Breifne O'Brien and Rachel Birch bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Minister will use “every avenue” to support forestry owners; Horticulture sector risks ‘contraction’; Hedge cutting ban to come into force; Latest on schemes; UCD calf shed; Bird flu latest; Galway family describe France as ‘paradise’ for farming. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly re...
Feb 27, 2025•32 min
In this episode of the AgriFocus podcast, Agriland’s Stella Meehan sits down with chairperson of Irish Forest Owners (IFO), Derek McCabe to discuss the aftermath of Storm Éowyn and the damage it caused to forestry across the country. Minister of State with responsibility for forestry, Michael Healy-Rae has said that satellite data shows more than 23,000ha of forestry destroyed as a result of the hurricane force winds in January. Now forest owners are under pressure to remove and harvest the fall...
Feb 25, 2025•31 min
In the second episode of Agriland’s latest limited podcast series ‘The Dairy Trail’, technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to Eoin Kennedy’s dairy farm in Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Eoin Kennedy has 170 Jersey-cross cows to calve down this spring where his focus is top get them out grass at every given opportunity. In the episode, Eoin explains how he has been managing his calving season from colostrum feeding to the dietary requirements of the cow.
Feb 25, 2025•21 min
Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: EU outlines CAP simplification measures; Cattle prices continue to soar; Euro-Star row deepens – include Pedigree Breeders Council and ICSA statement; Fertiliser prices; Milk price wrap; Ministers slammed for absence at forestry meeting; Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agricultur...
Feb 20, 2025•28 min
In the first episode of Agriland's latest limited series 'The Dairy Trail', technical dairy journalist, Hugh Harney takes a trip to Brian Rushe’s dairy farm in Derrinturn, Co. Kildare. Brian Rushe who is also the former deputy president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is set to be milking over 360 cows on two milking platforms in 2025. In the episode, Brian explains how he is managing his calving season as he has over 130 cows calved down to date. Agriland's brand new limited podcast ser...
Feb 17, 2025•22 min
Charles O’Donnell and Aisling O’Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: BISS opens with conditions attached; €32.4m in tillage and horticulture payments; Forestry and horticulture storm damage; Generators grant available through TAMS; Poultry housing order due to bird flu risk; ACRES commonage scorecard reviews; New IFA chairs in Wexford and Limerick Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly ...
Feb 13, 2025•30 min
In this episode of the AgriFocus podcast, Breifne O’Brien chats to Sean Coughlan, CEO of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) about the move by a number of Irish cattle breed societies to vote ‘no confidence’ in the revised Euro-star evaluations. Over the past two months, several of the Irish cattle breed societies have issued statements outlining they are to cease publishing ICBF Evaluations in their society sales catalogues. The ICBF CEO confirmed that the economic values of the indices...
Feb 11, 2025•27 min
Charles O’Donnell, Aisling O’Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Storm Éowyn fallout continues; Use of livestock ship for calves in doubt; Aurivo CEO set to step down; ICBF star rating row; AI industry to seek intellectual property rights on high-merit bulls; Speed limit to drop on some rural roads. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, a...
Feb 06, 2025•28 min
Charles O'Donnell, Louise Hickey and Maitiú Monaghan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Storm Éowyn cleanup and aftermath; Call for household generator grant; Minister Heydon's first week in the job; TB eradication spending increases again; Livestock transport ship heading to Ireland; Traditional farm buildings grant now open. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agricultu...
Jan 30, 2025•20 min
In this episode of the AgriFocus podcast, Francess McDonnell chats to David Whelan, agricultural technical consultant with Vogelsang Ireland and part time beef farmer in Co. Westmeath, about the “huge value” in organic fertilisers and how farmers can make the best use of slurry on their farms Under the Nitrates Action Programme, Ireland is divided into three zones (A, B and C) based on soil type, rainfall and length of growing season. Farmers in zones A and B have been able to spread organic man...
Jan 29, 2025•18 min
Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Storm Éowyn brings “unprecedented, widespread and extensive damage to electricity infrastructure” New government formed EU Commissioner visits Ireland for first time What is the outlook for beef and sheep in 2025? Dairygold hosts meetings on loyalty scheme concerns Clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated in 2025 Don’t forget to ra...
Jan 24, 2025•33 min
Francess McDonnell and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: The new Programme for Government – what’s next for farmers? Who is likely to get ministerial jobs in DAFM? Latest on Foot and Mouth fears; Why are Dairygold milk suppliers unhappy? The roll out of December milk prices IFAC unveils the Irish Farm Report 2025; Why generational renewal should be front and centre this year Who is raising a glass as the price o...
Jan 16, 2025•37 min
In the first episode of the 2025 season on AgriFocus , Agriland editor, Stella Meehan is joined by superintending veterinary inspector, Audrey Jenkinson from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to discuss avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. Most recently, the highly pathogenic virus has been discovered in a wild buzzard in Dublin and another wild buzzard in Co. Galway. There have also been multiple cases reported in the UK, across Europe and in the US, transferring...
Jan 14, 2025•27 min
Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Impact of cold weather; Irish agri-food exports hit 17bn in 2024; Look ahead to milk price announcements; Beef prospects for 2025; HSA workplace fatality figures; Slurry application windows; A record breaking goose? Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie...
Jan 09, 2025•28 min
Stella Meehan, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Shareholders approve €500m Kerry dairy deal; Dairygold boosts sustainability bonus; Sean McNamara re-elected ICSA president; CSO farm structure report; Sheep farmer makes appeal after dog attack; Supporting Irish farmers when doing your Christmas shopping Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Iris...
Dec 20, 2024•32 min
Louise Hickey and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: DAFM to formally apply for renewal of nitrates derogation; Fallout continues on Mercosur deal; Agri-Food Regulator to publish weekly beef prices; Kerry Co-op dairy deal vote approaches; 700 ducks seized from Wicklow farm; Live animal crib returns to Dublin city centre. Venue for Ploughing 2025 announced Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week...
Dec 12, 2024•30 min
As nationwide efforts continue to restore power to homes, farms and businesses in the aftermath of Storm Darragh farmers have been urged to be aware of the dangers of damaged power lines and fallen live wires. In this episode of the AgriFocus podcast, Michael Murray, public safety manager at ESB Networks, joins Francess McDonnell to highlight why farmers and agri-contractors should “not take chances” when it comes to storm damaged power lines and other electrical equipment. The fortnightly AgriF...
Dec 10, 2024•20 min
Stella Meehan and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Fallout from Election 2024; ICMSA AGM; IFA delivers letter on Mercosur; Teagasc Outlook 2025; All the various balancing payments; And finally... Agriland wins awards Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. *This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance...
Dec 05, 2024•35 min
In this episode Francess McDonnell chats to Gary Murphy, Professor at Dublin City University’s School of Law and Government. The fortnightly AgriFocus podcast series takes a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector. *This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance
Nov 27, 2024•38 min
Charles O'Donell, Aisling O'Brien and Louise Hickey bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Parties set out farming priorities ahead of election; Who wants to be the next minister for agriculture?; The cold snap to give way to a storm; Crackdown on illegal hunting; Farmer protests over Mercosur deal – also going to include UFU and London demonstration as a follow on; Gardaí borrow tractor for road and farm safety training. Don’t fo...
Nov 21, 2024•29 min
Charles O'Donell and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Proposed €500m sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland; Party leaders woo farmer vote ahead of election; ICBF aiming to include SCEP weights in evaluations from 2025; The outlook for Irish organic beef; Customers reopen rural Waterford pub after its closure Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and vis...
Nov 14, 2024•28 min
In this episode, Agriland editor, Stella Meehan sits down with chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Animal Health Committee, TJ Maher to discuss bovine tuberculosis (TB), it’s impact, cost and future. Maher explains the main sources and vectors of TB and the steps farmers themselves must take to ensure the disease is eradicated. They also discuss the cost to the farmer of a TB reactor in the herd and what supports might be available to families as well as the possibility of a TB vaccine...
Nov 12, 2024•32 min
The fourth and final episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland , in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), focuses on mental health. Please be advised that this episode will focus on mental health and will discuss topics including depression and suicide . In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to Andy Nolan, who comes from a beef farming background in Co. Laois, and Samaritans Ireland executive ...
Nov 08, 2024•21 min
Francess McDonnell, Aisling O'Brien, Louise Hickey and Charles O’Donnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Arrabawn and Tipperary Co-op merger latest; What’s the outlook for October milk prices? Plans and pledges from Brussels; Questions over who will take over the farm? Concerns over farm inspections and TB; Latest on schemes and payments Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of I...
Nov 07, 2024•33 min
The third episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland , in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), highlights the dangers associated with farm machinery. In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to Aengus Mannion from Co. Sligo who was left seriously injured after he was crushed by a teleporter in 2009, and Teagasc farm machinery and milking machine specialist, Francis Quigley. In May 2009, Mannion w...
Nov 06, 2024•23 min
Stella Meehan and Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Taoiseach Simon Harris speaks at IFA conference; ACRES review by minister; TAMS, SCEP and schemes; Teagasc Sustainability Report; ICSA rally against Mercosur; Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. *This podcast is sponsored by AXA Farm Insurance...
Oct 31, 2024•24 min
In this episode, the first of Season Two of the AgriFocus series, Agriland editor, Stella Meehan sits down with EY tax partner Alison McHugh to delve into the detail of changes relating to agricultural relief following the publication of Budget 2025. Alison outlines various scenarios where a land or property owner may need to make decisions urgently before changes are implemented on January 1, 2025. She explains the relief that is now available from a tax perspective and discusses options for fa...
Oct 29, 2024•34 min
Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland , which this week includes: Scheme updates; Irish cow numbers fall over 78,000 head in past year; Beef price latest; Government moves agri legislation ahead of election Call to suspend proposed changes to Agricultural Relief; 450 farmers sign petition opposing splash plate ban; FarmPEAT Project takes stock of progress. Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Far...
Oct 24, 2024•31 min
