Agriland Podcasts

In the first instalment of Agriland's 'Groundbreakers' series, we meet a Co. Galway farmer who is passionate about representing women in agriculture and tackling the issues they face.

Mona O'Donoghue Concannon runs a dairy, beef and suckler farm with her husband, brother and daughter near Tuam, Co. Galway.

She is chair of the Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group, which aims to improve inclusivity and gender balance in farming.

She spoke to Agriland about the barriers facing women in the sector, what changes are needed, and why she decided to become a farmer representative.

Groundbreakers, proudly supported by FBD, is highlighting the important role of women in farming.

In this episode of AgriFocus, Agriland editor Stella Meehan is joined by Matthijs Bremer and Manuelle Iamakami from DCA Market Intelligence to discuss the situation with beef markets and the continuing drop in beef price.

DCA Market Intelligence, formerly DCA-Markets, is part of DCA Groep B.V. Since 2005, it has grown into a trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) with a mission to turn market developments into transparent, independent data and insights that support businesses across the food and agriculture industry.

Beef price has taken a tumble in Ireland over the past few months and the impact of quotas in China and lower consumer demand due to cost, are having a big effect on the sector.

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Tax and fuel payments;
• Diesel vehicle scrappage scheme;
• Irish farming and the EU's green future;
• More trouble ahead for beef farmers?
• Ireland in the dock over peat cutting.

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

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Bluetongue case in Tipperary;
• Michael Kelly for trial for murder of farmer;
• Victor Boyhan on succession in Seanad;
• Fuel subsidy scheme extended and €26 million savings for DAFM being sought;
• Bloom starts.

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

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Farmers slam EU Fertiliser Action Plan;
• Kerry Dairy Ireland reveals new name;
• 122,000 farmers apply for BISS and related schemes;
• 26% of dairy herds defaulted to highest excretion band;
• Teen creates farm management tool.

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

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• €6m scheme for on-farm badger biosecurity opens;
• Around 3,600 applications for Fuel Support Scheme;
• Brazilian exports to the EU could be banned from September;
• Beef farmers urged to 'box clever' amid factory price cuts';
• Can venison solve Ireland’s deer issue?

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 episode of Agriland's limited podcast series "The Dairy Trail", technical dairy specialist, Cathal O'Shea visited the farm of Paul and Judith Davoren in the Burren in Co. Clare.

The Davoren family are milking a herd of Fleckvieh-cross cows on a once-a-day milking system.

The farm is based in a unique area of the Burren, bringing its own challenges when it comes to grassland management, conservation and farming alongside an important part of Ireland’s natural landscape.

Paul and Judith talk us through their decision to move away from British Friesian cows, the benefits of Fleckvieh breeding, the move to once-a-day milking, the difficulties of a tough grazing season, and supplying milk for locally made Burren cheese.

Brought to you by Nedap Livestock Management.

The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week includes:

• Fuel Income Support Scheme for farmers and contractors opens;
• Landowners slam greenway policy at committee hearing;
• How are beef and sheep prices looking this week?
• No formal EU scheme proposed for voluntary cuts in milk output;
• Over 2,200 TAMS applications refused after ranking and selection;
• Almost 93,000 BISS applications submitted to DAFM as deadline nears;
• Ploughing 2027 to be pushed back by a week due to Ryder Cup;
• Tipperary-based milk driver claims Tirlán recognition award.

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

Inheritance and retirement continue to drive Irish farmland sales according to a major new report.

The latest Annual Agricultural Land Market Review Outlook 2026 report produced by Teagasc and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) highlights that succession and probate sales "are among the most common sources of land coming to market".

This year’s annual survey, the 13th in the series, provides an analysis of Ireland’s agricultural land market performance in 2025.

It shows that farmland values for poor quality and good quality land last year were €6,963 per acre and €14,126 on average, respectively.

The report also identifies that rental values in 2025 also rose by 10% on average across all farming uses.

Find out what drove agricultural land trends last year and what’s the current state of the Irish agricultural land market in 2026 in this podcast with Francess McDonnell and Dr. Frank Harrington, chair of the SCSI’s Rural Agency and Discipline Lead of Real Estate and Valuations at TU Dublin.

In the latest episode of Agriland's limited podcast series "the Dairy Trail", technical dairy specialist, Cathal O'Shea visited the farm of Kieran Lynch in Macroom Co. Cork.

The Lynch family is a milking just over 300 water buffalos as well as rearing all replacements and stock bulls themselves.

The farm does not supply any milk co-op, with all the milk processed into cheese and yogurt on farm.

Kieran talks us through the decision of ditching the cows for buffalo, as well as explaining the what is involved in farming a herd of buffalo, from breeding and calving, to grassland management and cheese making.

Brought to you by Nedap Livestock Management.