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Episodes

Ep 1202: Irish Horse Breeding: Bloodlines, Sweat and Tears.

Ciara Leahy, Helen Sharp, and Caitriona Morrissey discuss breeding foals along with the ups and downs that go along with it, while Helen takes a really interesting visit to the vets at Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27, 202552 min

Ep 1199: Farming News: beef boom, Macra hustings and grass growth

This week we discuss the booming beef trade, Macra’s 2025 presidential campaign and the two candidates in the running, cross compliance penalties, grass growth and the Irish wool sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 21, 202527 min

Ep 1198: The Tillage Podcast - walking winter crops and planting update

On this week’s tillage podcast we have an update on fieldwork, report from the fields with David Leahy to look at winter crop agronomy, have the latest tillage news, chat maize and beet 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.

Mar 20, 202533 min

Ep 1197: Young Stock Podcast: the making of Farming Simulator 25

This week on the show, James Hanly held a video call with American-based video gamer Kermit Ball. Kermit is the community coordinator at GIANTS Software for the game Farming Simulator 25, the world’s largest realistic farming-related videogame. He breaks down how the developers capture all the machinery and buildings in exact detail, some of the games new features and if real-life farmers make the best players. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 17, 202525 min

Ep 1194: Tillage podcast: fine weather, new products and malt

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we hear about new herbicide Manhattan and a new fungicide for barley. We chatted to the IFA’s Kieran McEvoy following the National Malting Barley meeting on Monday night. As always, we have the latest tillage news and the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 13, 202525 min

Ep 1193: Young Stock Podcast - Shaun Diver-the man behind Tullamore Farm

This week’s Youngstock podcast features none other than Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver, who chats to Martin Merrick about his life before Tullamore and what has changed on the farms since 2018. Compared to dairy farms, there are only a handful of beef or sheep farms throughout Ireland that have a full-time farm manager who is responsible for the day to day running of a mixed enterprise. Cue Shaun Diver, an Inishowen native who took on the responsibility of running the Tullamore Farm at just ...

Mar 10, 202531 min

Ep 1190: The Tillage Podcast - fine weather, liquid N and malting barley

We hope you’re listening t the podcast from the tractor, the field or the fine outdoors this week. On this week’s show we chat to Edward Dickinson from Omex, hear from malting barley award winner Liam Day and chat to the IFA’s Alice Doyle. We also look ahead to the IFA’s National Malting Barley meeting and have all the tillage news, grain trends and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 06, 202530 min

Ep 1186: The Tillage Podcast - Fertiliser, whiskey and drier weather

On this week’s podcast we have some advice for crop management and fertiliser spreading when for when the weather and ground conditions improve. We hear from Dermot Forristal on on farm trials, have all the latest tillage news and 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.

Feb 27, 202522 min

Ep 1185: Young Stock Podcast - From teaching home economics to winter finishing

This week on the show Rachel Donovan chats to Josephine O’Neill from Bennettsbridge in Co Kilkenny. Josephine is a home economics and Irish teacher who hails from a beef and tillage farm. She is the second candidate in the Macra presidential race to be interviewed on the Youngstock Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 24, 202518 min

Ep 1182: The Tillage Podcast - prices, protein, payments and costs

This week’s Tillage Podcast features an interview with Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, the Irish Grain growers Group’s Bobby Miller and Kieran Duggan from Tirlán. We have all the latest on malting barley, grain prices and we look at the tillage pages which feature crop costs and returns and fungicide star ratings. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 202528 min

Ep 1181: Young Stock Podcast - The Cork contractor with a Grá for pit silage

This week, young agri contractor Conor Murphy from Co Cork chats about the path he took into the family contracting business, gives advice to young people eager to get going with tractor work and explains his thoughts on the future of contracting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 202524 min

1179: Farming News - new peatland rules, ACRES and farm insurance cover

This week we discuss how new land drainage rules could negatively impact BISS payments, we talk about ACRES and the 15,000 farmers who have yet to be paid for actions already carried out and we also hear the latest from ICSA’s AGM which took place on Thursday night – on the night Rachel Donovan spoke to Micheál Brady from Axa on farm insurance and also the newly appointed Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 14, 202520 min

Ep 1178: The Tillage Podcast - payments, awards and contract cuts

On this week’s show we report from the Tirlán grain awards from markets to members and we hear from Teagasc’s Bridget Lynch on cover crop trials. We have all the latest tillage news including tillage payments, cuts to Boortmalt contracts and forward prices. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 202533 min

Ep 1177: Special - The Land Price Report 2024

The Irish Farmers Journal have launched its Land Price Report for 2024. Join host and editor of Irish Country Living Ciara Leahy, Land Report Editor Paul Mooney and Rural Affairs Journalist Jacqueline Hogge as they are joined by Martin Clarke, Commercial Manager at IFAC to discuss its findings. They bring their insights to the price of land across the country and talk about building homes in rural Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 11, 202530 min

Ep 1176: Young Stock Podcast - Students who won Angus calf in school’s competition

This week on the Young Stock Podcast, James Hanly went on the road to St Brendan’s Community School in Birr, Co Offaly to meet their four students who won the Certified Irish Angus beef school’s competition. Now fifth year students, Jack O’Meara, Moya Guinan, Joseph McLoughney and Ben Youngeare now rearing five calves as part of the competition as they plan on selling them to the factory in less than six months. The group also look to the future as they will fly to Brussels in March to make a pr...

Feb 10, 202516 min

Ep 1173: The Tillage Podcast - flour from beans, soil carbon and crop establishment

On this week’s tillage podcast we hear about flour from peas and beans, carbon stored in tillage soils, differences in establishment systems and we have all the latest tillage news as well as the grain market and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 06, 202523 min
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