Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

Growing Minds- Introduction to Leaving Cert Agricultural ScienceEddie Holton, education coordinator with Agri Aware joins Sarah McIntosh for the first episode of the new Growing Minds podcast seriesThe Growing Minds podcast is back for another series. Over the next few months the Irish Farmers Journal podcast aimed at secondary school students studying agricultural science will inform, educate and inspire the next generation.In the first episode of this series, we look at the course structure, how to break up your study over fifth and sixth year and useful tips on studying the subject.Listen in below:

This week’s guest is Clare native Rachel Clancy, who is a senior manager in the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training BoardHailing from a dairy farm Rachel Clancy sits down with Sarah McIntosh at the Teagasc women in agriculture event this week.Having completed a BSc in agriculture in Tralee, Rachel took up a teacher and distance education co-ordinator role at Salesian Agricultural College Palleskennery.She then worked in Teagasc as a learning and development specialist before taking on her new role as adult education officer and senior manager at Galway and Roscommon ETB.Rachel discusses the various educational pathways within agriculture while offering advice to students navigating their next steps.

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Down to Agribusiness: Gas prices, Kilkenny Cheese and food vs solarDescription: On this week's Down to Agribusiness, Stephen and Lorcan delve into rising gas prices and what they mean for you, take a look at the new €200m biomethane grant scheme and discuss the latest solar farm to be refused planning permission.They also talk to Kieran Fitzgerald, MD of Kilkenny Cheese, who tells us about his career and the ambitions for the Tirlán joint venture in Co. Kilkenny.To subscribe to the show click here.

This week, Adam chats to the panel about the delayed payment for schemes, solar grants, a 750 suckler herd in Scotland and budgeting cashflow on dairy farms.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 podcast we report from the ground breaking of a new flour mill in Co Wexford. Pat O’Toole chats to the Kavanagh brothers behind the build and the investment it takes. Pat also chatted to Minister Heydon and John Murphy of the IFA. Conor Kehoe reports from the malt meeting and as always, we report on fieldwork, grain markets and weather. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

On this week's Inside Dairy podcast, Aidan, Brendan and Daire discuss the difficulties of cleaning out paddocks with high pre-grazing covers. Brendan looks at how much meal to feed this autumn and the team previews Dairy Day in Limerick on 14 November. There's also an interview with New Zealand consultant Ashley Primrose, who has worked as a dairy farm consultant in Ireland for the past two years.Listen to Inside Dairy every Wednesday from the Farmers Journal.Subscribe here

This week the team discuss what’s on over the next few weeks, Halloween traditions and how well they know their work colleaguesSarah McIntosh, Martin Merrick and Hannah Furlong are back for this week’s episode. They look at some of the events coming up organised by the Irish Farmers Journal which include Women & Agriculture conference on 29 October in Co Cork, Tillage Day on 5 November in Co Kildare and Dairy Day on 16 October in Co Limerick.They also discuss Halloween traditions, which brings up the question, is Colcannon a tradition in your household? The mashed potatoes, cabbage, butter, and milk dish is an annual staple in Sarah’s Halloween festivities but the rest of the team question its purpose.Martin also puts the pressure on with a quiz centered around who knows their colleagues best.