Agriland Podcasts

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Kathleen O'Sullivan  bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• Housing order as bird flu cases confirmed
• 2,000 farmers attend nitrates derogation meeting (Kathleen with clips of Minister, Gorman and O’Neill)
• Draft proposal on splash plate use for hilly ground
• 20% CAP cut 'not a done deal' (Clip – Kathleen will forward)
• ICSA plans further Dáil protest on Mercosur deal 'safeguards'
• Farmers to demonstrate over greenway issues outside Leinster House

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

Charles O'Donnell, Kathleen O'Sullivan and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• New Nitrates Action Programme published;
• Beef prices lift as Christmas orders arrive;
• New bird flu biosecurity regulations announced;
• Tipperary family claims 2025 NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Award;
• Irish concerns over next CAP outlined at Luxembourg meeting
• Bullock sold for €12,000 at fundraiser for young farm accident survivor.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien, Francess McDonnell and Breifne O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• Eco-Scheme payments to hit farmer's bank accounts;
• Milk prices tumble;
• Dawn Meats New Zealand venture gets green light;
• Live trade concerns from lumpy skin disease;
• IHFA considers IVF breeding facility;
• EU launches generational renewal plan.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

In the final instalment of the Farm Safe, Farm Well series, we examine the supports available to farm families impacted by serious injury or sudden death.

For over a decade, Embrace FARM has provided practical and emotional support to farm families across Ireland who are faced with serious injury or sudden death.

The non-profit organisation was founded by Brian and Norma Rohan who live and farm close to Mountrath in Co. Laois.

The Farm Safe Farm Well series, produced by Agriland Media in conjunction with AXA Insurance, is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

In this episode of AgriFocus we are taking a closer look at the issue of rural crime – from trespassing to illegal hunting and theft and the impact it has on farm families.

We speak to one dairy farmer who has had a number of terrifying encounters with trespassers.

Limerick dairy farmer, Louise Crowley, who is the chair of the Limerick Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), tells us what it is like when you come face to face with unwanted and often threatening individuals in your own yard or in your fields.

We also hear from Barry Carey, who is the co-secretary of the National Rural Safety Forum and crime prevention office with the IFA about why farmers “feel under seige” in some parts of the country.

Finally we ask An Garda Siochana’s first ever Rural Crime Lead,  Super Intendent, Michael Corbett who is based in Fermoy in Co. Cork, what is being done to help people living in rural communities and on farms feel safer.

Go beyond the headlines with our podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Charles O'Donnell, Aisling O'Brien and Francess McDonnell bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• €510m in BISS advance payments
• Retailers drop own-label milk prices
• 2025 cattle supply 120,000 head below last year
• TB programme spend hit €79.4m by end of Q3
• Nitrate levels decrease in 39% of river sites but 'too high' in 44% - EPA
• Rockwell Farm hits the market with €21m guide price
• Fota Wildlife Park closed until further notice as bird flu confirmed
• 30,000 pumpkins for picking on east Cork farm

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

In the latest instalment of Agriland Media's series, Farm Safe, Farm Well, we meet a farmer who has changed his approach to farm work as he gets older.

Padraig Moran runs a beef and tillage enterprise with his son Eoin at Coorevin Farm in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary.

While he has been farming all his life, Padraig has adjusted how he manages his tasks on the farm as his 65th birthday nears.

"Firstly, I've to be conscious of my age, I'm not getting younger, so I've to approach things an awful lot different than I used to," he said.

The Farm Safe Farm Well series, produced by Agriland Media in conjunction with AXA Insurance, is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

Charles O'Donnell and Stella Meehan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• Budget 2026;
• Biogas plant on Galway dairy farm;
• Spiritans to sell Rockwell Farm;
• Bird Flu in Tyrone;
• EU regulation on Mercosur safeguards officially proposed.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more. 

In this special episode of AgriFocus, we are joined by Alison McHugh, EY Ireland tax partner and head of private client services, to take a look at everything effecting agriculture and rural life that was announced today in Budget 2026.

Go beyond the headlines with our new podcast series – AgriFocus – where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and the agri-sector.

Charles O'Donnell and Kathleen O'Sullivan bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture from Agriland, which this week includes:

• Possible boycott of weanling sales;
• Storm Amy to hit country;
• EU trade chief visits Ireland;
• Aurivo and Dale Farm '"future trading relationship";
• Urgent calls for tillage sector support in Budget 2026;
• Tirlán pays down €250 million bond.

Don’t forget to rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland’s weekly review of Irish agriculture, and visit Agriland.ie for more.