Irish Farmers Journal podcasts

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.
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Inside the Farmers Journal: land proposals would ‘cleanse’ west of farmers
On 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.
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Building grass, dairy markets and fertiliser calculations
Description: 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.
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On the Young Stock Podcast this week, Sarah McIntosh and Daire Cregg discuss CAO points, going to college and offer advice to students navigating their next steps.
They are joined by this week’s guest, Leo Walsh who is preparing to compete in the two-furrow (two-fur) novice class at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Co Offaly on 15-17 September.
Leo discusses how he deals with the pressures of competing, where his ploughing knowledge came from and the final preparations that are currently underway.
As well as the Ploughing, Leo is getting ready to start college this September.
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Description: In part one of our two-part series, we put the spotlight on the women working across Irish agriculture as part of the International Year of the Woman Farmer. On this episode we set the scene, hear from Carina Roseingrave the Irish ambassador for International Year of the Woman Farmer and examine education pathways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.