Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

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.

Down to Agribusiness: Tirlán fallout, protein boom and carbon blockchainDescription: This week, Stephen and Lorcan tackle Brazilian beef and poultry imports, Tirlán’s Costco butter fallout, rising fuel prices, blockchain-backed carbon offsets and the global protein boom.To subscribe to the show simply click here.

This week, Adam chats to the team about the EU Brazilian beef ban, milk prices, livestock trade, Shinagh Dairy Farm Open Day and the IGA event in Mountbellew College.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

We have a busy show this week. We chat seed and Tillage Day with Irish Seed Trade Association president Fred Lynch and go through the 2026 recommended lists for winter barley, wheat and oats.Robert Hiles from Syngenta discusses hybrid wheat and Craig Thackaberry from Drones of a Service talks on their use in crops.Grain prices have been surging in recent days. We talk markets and have the weather report. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

Inside the Farmers Journal: land proposals would ‘cleanse’ west of farmersOn this week’s show, Declan O’Brien details a new report on future land use and examines the strong reaction from farm organisations to it. We also hear about organic farming and the latest property on the market.

Building grass, dairy markets and fertiliser calculationsDescription: On this weeks inside dairy podcast - with rain falling across the country, what can farms do now to ensure there’s grass into the back end. We cover the dairy markets as skim milk powder continues to power on and how to calculate the correct fertiliser spreading rate. We also have live interviews from the Shinagh farm open day in West Cork.