Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

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.

This week on Inside Dairy, we're discussing the recent weather and what it could mean for grass growth as farmers keep a close eye on conditions across the country.We also look at the finalists for the NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards, with six Cork farms and two Tipperary farms making the shortlist, while no farms from Connacht feature this year.Plus, we chat to John Maher, head of the Teagasc Grass10 programme, about the current grass situation on farms nationwide, whether drought is becoming a real concern and what farmers should be focusing on over the coming weeks.On The Breakdown, we're talking all things calves. What weights should they be hitting at this stage? How much should they be eating? Should meal be introduced? We also cover minerals, worm dosing and whether it's time for a faecal egg count.Tune in for all that and more on this week's Inside Dairy.

This week, Martin Merrick talks to Grass10 Advisor Nikkie kennedy on her moving to Ireland from New Zealand and her role as a Grass10 advisor, while the team also discuss BEEF 2026 and generational renewal.While we have featured plenty of young Irish people who have flown the nest to the southern hemisphere, this week we talk to someone who has done the opposite. A native of New Zealan, Nikki Kennedy first arrived in Ireland on Erasmus as part of her studies in third year and hasn’t really looked back since.Five and a half years later, the Kiwi talks about her time in Ireland, the similarities and differences between the two countries as well as her current role as a Grass10 advisor, encouraging drystock farmers to better manage their grass.The team also relay their day spent at BEEF 2026, with their thoughts on generational renewal now becoming a focus for Teagasc for drystock farms also discussed. Sarah also tries to unsuccessfully discuss Mercury going in to retrograde, which goes as well as would be expected.

In episode one of This is Country Living, Ciara Leahy and Janine Kennedy meet with MEP Maria Walsh in her home in Mayo. Meet me at the Crossroads subject matter this week is Fertility, where Cathal O' Flaherty joins the team to share his experience of fertility treatment in Ireland.

This week on Down to Agribusiness, the team explores the latest developments in inflation, insurance and investment, along with major updates in the anaerobic digestion (AD) sector. Professor Martin Mullins of the University of Limerick explains what risk really means in business and the challenges companies should be preparing for. We also hear from Andreas Moynihan TD at the launch of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee's report on anaerobic digestion.

This week, Adam and the panel are live from Beef 2026 at Teagasc Grange, discussing the key messages from the day, all things beef production, and what lies ahead for the future of beef farmers in Ireland.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

Inside the Farmers Journal: beef kill recovery and farmers object to data centre       On this week’s show Declan O’Brien talks us through how Bord Bia is forecasting a recovery in the beef kill and Deirdre Verney brings us up to speed on farmer objections to a data centre and solar farm.