Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

Amy Forde and Adam Woods look ahead to the three days of Ploughing 2026 and the issues that are sure to get farmers talking.

This week, Adam and the panel are focusing their debates on generational renewal, Autumn health issues, livestock trade and grassland management. Daire also speaks to Jack Kingston from Grassland AGRO about the Importance of planning lime and k applications.

On this week’s podcast we chat to weeds expert from ADAS in the UK John Cussans, Bayer’s Jamie Oakley on a new winter cereal herbicide and we have the results of a grass weeds survey.We have an update on fieldwork and volatile grain markets, have the latest news and the weather forecast. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

Inside the Farmers Journal: CAP budget and young farmer drug use On this week’s show we hear about the rise in young farmer drug use, the standing of the CAP budget and the Glanbia board’s experience of 9/11 25 years ago this week.

Inside Dairy Podcast: making the most of normal grass growth, managing with tight cash flows and reduced profits in mind and updates from the Kinisla Teagasc research day at Teagasc Moorepark.  Lead in: On this weeks Inside Dairy Podcast, we discuss how farms can make the most of grass recovery on drier and heavier farms and manage tight cashflows over the next month. In this week’s Inside Dairy podcast, the lads discuss current grazing recommendations for dry and heavier farms, how best to manage tight cashflows over the next six months growth and Daire reports from the Kinisla Teagasc Joint programme event at Teagasc Moorepark.    This week’s interviews are with Dr. Brian McCarthy on the latest results from the Next Generation Dairy Research herd. We also hear from Dr. Michael O’Donovan on  fertiliser recommendations for grazing farms as we approach the closed period next week. Finally in the breakdown, we look at the options for dairy farms where cashflow is tight over the next 6 months.  

Peter Thomas Keaveney catches up with Laois woman Claire Daly, who is the Members Relations Officer with the Farm Tractor & Machinery Trade Association Ltd.

This is Country Living Description: Four years ago, life changed for Myles Reilly from Co Longford when he was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that had already significantly impacted his kidneys. Dialysis three times a week became his new reality as he waited for a transplant. As time passed with no sign of that all-important call, Myles’s wife Helen started looking into a kidney exchange programme. In April of this year, three couples across Ireland and the UK helped each other receive the ultimate life-changing gift – and in this poignant podcast, Myles and Helen share how it changed their lives.

Year of the Woman Farmer: ‘the naysayers don’t want anyone to succeed’Description: In part two of our series, we put the spotlight on the women working across Irish agriculture as part of the International Year of the Woman Farmer. This week we hear from the FBD Young Farmer of the Year, talk about diversification and speak to the IFA deputy president.