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Young Stock Podcast - Flying career for Crowe
On this week’s Youngstock Podcast, Meath native Alan Crowe joins Sarah McIntosh to discuss his role as breed secretary for the Irish Hereford Breed Society.
With a background steeped in showing and commercial sheep, Alan talks about his interest in agriculture and decision to study animal science in University College Dublin. Having completed a PhD on IVF and embryo transfer in UCD and Teagasc, Alan was appointed the breed secretary in 2024.
Over the last two years he has driven on the Hereford society which now has over 900 members.
It is a busy week for the society as not only are they preparing for the Tullamore show, but they will also host the 17th European Hereford Conference in Kilkenny. Running for five nights, the conference will encompass two days of herd tours of some of the top pedigree breeders in Ireland as well as attendance at the National Hereford Show in Tullamore Show.
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This is Country Living special. Live at the National Ploughing Championships 2026
36:35|In an exclusive interview with Anna Marie McHugh as the National Ploughing Championships 2026 draws to a close, the assistant managing director of the NPA talks about the success of this years show, the level of preparation that goes into putting on such a huge annual event and growing up surrounded by the Ploughing.
Trailer Down to Agribusiness - Live from The NPA 20206
17:39|Join Lorcan and Stephen from our stage at The National Ploughing Championships 2026 for a special episode of Down to Agribusiness
Farm Tech Talk - Live from Ploughing 2026
37:18|This week, Adam and the panel are live from the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly. They talk fodder, CAP and the outlook for each sector in 2027. 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
Ploughing day three: Hansen, Heydon, and rural planning
21:58|Ploughing day three: Hansen, Heydon, and rural planningDescription: On our final episode from Ploughing 2026, we hear from Commissioner Hansen and Minister Heydon on CAP, hear the latest on rural planning guidelines and get a round-up from around Screggan.
The Tillage Podcast - Budget, digesters and oilseed rape at the Ploughing
28:22|On this week’s Tillage Podcast we report from the National Ploughing Champioships. Tillage editor Siobhán Walsh was joined by political correspondent Pat O’Toole on the upcoming budget. We chat to renewables editor on opportunities to sell crops to digesters and crops in the North West and we catch up with tillage reporter Conor Kehoe on oilseed rape planting and crops left to be harvested. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.
Ploughing day two: An Taoiseach, farmer loans, and a politician ploughman
27:43|tune into day two of our podcast from Ploughing 2026
Trailer Inside Dairy - Taoiseach Micheál Martin joins the Inside Dairy podcast
16:45|Taoiseach Micheál Martin joins the Inside Dairy podcastSubscribe here- 21:45|‘Rural drugs - a hidden crime’ Irish Country Living journalist Jacqueline Hogge chairs a Ploughinng panel discussion on rural drug use with those on the front line of drug support and senior Gardaí.
