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Ep 1106: Young Stock Podcast - Sean Durkin KME Agri – farming, engineering, and a passion for machinery
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Gary Abbott chats with Sean Durkin, business development manager at KME Agri on all thing’s machinery, engineering as well as his background and education.
Not directly from a farm, Sean grew up close to his uncle’s farm where he developed a passion for agriculture and machinery from a young age. Upon finishing school, Sean went on to study in Dublin, quickly to find out it wasn’t for him. After some reconsideration Sean switched to MTU and never looked back. Straight after graduating, Sean took on a roll within Kerry Mechanical Engineering (KME) which later led to his current role as business development manager when the company established its Agri division which today specialises in the production of slurry handling equipment.
Sean talks about everything from his background, his day to day role within KME Agri, product innovation and the machinery market at current.
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Ep 1109: Farm Tech Talk Ep 237 - Lift in Irish beef price, ACRES clawback, TAMs and autumn grazing management.
58:11|This week, we talk to Adam on the lift in Irish beef price, to Darren on the ACRES clawback and Martin updates us on all things TAMs. Adam also talks to Edward Healy from Grassland AGRO on autumn grazing management.
Ep 1108: Farming News - ACRES clawback, clampdown on super-rich buying land and grass growth
20:45|In this week's podcast, we discuss how thousands of farmers will be hit with a €15m ACRES clawback. We talk about a potential clampdown on the super-rich buying up swathes of land across the country and discuss Met Éireann’s take on grass growth into the future as climate change plays its part.
Ep 1107: The Tillage Podcast - Grain markets, deforestation rules and planting
22:15|In this week’s tillage podcast we report from the Barnett Hall conference. We hear from US economist Dan Basse of AgResource Company on World markets. Rachel Connor, ESG manager with Barnett Hall, talks about new EU Deforestation regulations.As always, we have an update from the fields, the grain market and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.
Ep 1105: Farm Tech Talk Ep 236 - UK and Bord Bia beef price tracker potential impact of blue tongue and winter feed shortages
39:58|This week, we spoke with Adam on why the UK and Bord Bia beef price tracker are ahead of Irish prices. Darren shares insights on the potential impact of blue tongue and Aidan updates on how farms facing a winter feed shortage are managing.
Ep 1104: Farming News - Beef price gap, proposed ACRES changes and farmer access to the grid
24:35|This week Adam Woods talks about the widening gap between Irish and UK beef price, Anne O’Donoghue speaks about a piggery in Co Cavan that has been ordered to pay a former employee €13,800 and Declan O’Brien discusses the changes the INHFA have put forward for ACRES.
Ep 1103: The Tillage Podcast - Genetics chat, planting and costs
15:44|This week’s show features a chat with Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science on all things genetics from genetic modification to gene editing.We also have a winter planting update, take a look at costs and returns for winter crops and have the grain prices and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.
Ep 1102: Young Stock Podcast - a Frend to all….but especially to sucklers
24:43|Martin Merrick chats to beef farm manager Stephen Frend on all things suckler, as well as Stephen’s background in farming.Full time beef farm managers roles are like hen’s teeth, with only a handful of larger farms in the country able to justify such. Competition for such roles is stiff, so how did a fresh-faced new grad bag such a role to be the farm manager for one of the country’s most well-known commercial suckler herds?This week’s Youngstock podcast features Stephen Frend, farm manager at Newford Herd, formally based in Athenry and now relocated to Atleague. We talk about Stephen’s background in farming at home in Toomevara, his college days in Waterford IT as well as the recent move for the herd to Roscommon. Stephen also talks about the importance of grass measuring, the genetics of the herd and how the finishing cattle have been performing of late
Ep 1101: Farm Tech Talk Ep 235 - Sheep trade, grass supplies, ACRES, UK and Ireland in terms of beef price, paddock closing and last minute preparations for housing
42:13|This week, we chat about the sheep trade, grass supplies and ACRES. We also take a look at the widening gap between UK and Ireland in terms of beef price. We also discuss paddock closing and last minute preparations for housing.