Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

This week, we are debriefing on the week's events. In particular, the Suckler and Schemes mart event in Ennis with Adam and Darren and then Dairy Day with Aidan. We discussed calving heavy muscle sucklers and the nitrate directive.

On this week’s news podcast we discuss a liver fluke warning, future weather patterns and hear about a blight strain which could hit the potato crop.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast Conor Kehoe talks to a researcher from blackgrass trials in the UK. We listen to John Martin from Centenary Co-Op on a value-added product and we hear some of the agronomy talks from Tillage Day. As always, we have the grain market and weather reports.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

Listen as the Irish Farmers Journal team debate the big issues that will sway the farming vote in the general election, take a tour around some rural constituencies and get extra nerdy by learning a voting strategy to keep a party out of power.

Stephen Robb talks to Robert Beattie Business Development Manager with Terrachem and Meath tillage farmer about his role and the future of the sector.

 This week, we're live from the FTMTA machinery show in Punchestown. We will hear from our machinery specialists Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott. We will also hear from FTMTA’s President Karol Duigenan and SlurryQuip’s owner Richard Fitzpatrick.

This week, we discuss parties election pledges to farmers, the key issues raised at the Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Day and the reaction to proposed cuts to fertiliser limits.

Tillage Day '24 took place last week and saw hundreds of farmers and members of the tillage industry attend. on this week's show we bring you some of the highlights from the discussion with farmers and with grain traders on grain prices and trading.The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.