Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

On this weeks Inside Dairy Daire Cregg and Aidan Brennan discuss how dairy farmers can prepare and manage their way through the impending drought. And they hear from Kilkenny dairy David Fogarty about how he’s managing in the current conditions.

On this week’s young stock podcast, Sophie Tyner chats with Hannah Furlong about growing up on a mixed beef, sheep and tillage farm in County Wicklow and the decision for herself and her parents to go into partnership together two years ago.She also talks about balancing working full-time as a regional sales manager for Grassland Agro along with part-time farming and a bit of CrossFit on the side.

Down to Agribusiness: AI, land use and the US market in focusThis week, Stephen and Lorcan take a closer look at the second phase of the long-awaited Land Use Review and ask what this significant document could mean for the farming sector. Things are once again heating up in the Middle East and they examine what that could mean for fuel and energy prices. The pair also chat with IFAC CEO John Donoghue about his journey, the growth of the company, and why AI isn’t something to be feared. Finally, Stephen and Lorcan discuss Dale Farm and the importance of the US market for many Irish agrifood companies

This week, Adam chats to the panel about what constitutes an active farmer and how it could affect CAP payments, VAT appeals, the sheep trade and advice on dealing with drought. Darren also talks to John Brennan from Grassland AGRO about managing grass this time of year.We 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 Talk is released https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1LkIraRklQcK5mClBGXTpFgets9e

On this week’s tillage podcast we bring you the first harvest report of the year. We chat to plant breeders Treacy Creasy and Milika Buurman, gene-editing policy expert Lieselot Bertho and catch up with Wexford farmer Isaac Wheelock. As always, we look at the paper and have the grain trends and weather reports. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science. To give feedback on the podcast end be entered into a draw for three €250 fuel vouchers please fill out the form at this link https://ifj.ie/tillagefuelcomp 

Inside the Farmers Journal: is a part time farmer an active farmer?On this week’s show, we hear from Minister Heydon on active farmers, talk to IFA deputy president Alice Doyle on coupled payments and find out the latest farm properties on the market.