Agriland Podcasts

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

• Details of €100 million Fuel Support Scheme revealed;
• ICOS warns of 'enormous financial challenge' to secure fertiliser for 2027;
• Call for flat-rate addition to align with livestock VAT rate;
• Farm plastics recycling shake up to give farmers more choice;
• Bluetongue cases now confirmed in 7 counties;
• What is the latest outlook for land prices and rents?
• Glanbia, Carbery and Kerry Group announce financial results;
• Aurivo and Tirlán present awards for milk quality;
• BISS applications surpass 78,000 as deadline approaches.

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 Michael Guinan in Co. Offaly.

Michael is milking 118 Montbéliarde cows through two robotic milking machines just outside of Tullamore alongside his wife Concepta, and his son Kevin.

He talks us through the decision of moving to robotic units back in 2021, and how they have integrated in to the farm system since. 

We hear about the upcoming breeding season, and the criteria used to deliver optimum calves that suit the system.

Michael also talks us through his grazing season so far and how he has got on with spreading nutrients beside the Grand Canal. 

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

• EU state aid flexibility on fuel costs;
• News from Brussels on next CAP;
• Leo Varadkar in hot water over rural comments;
• Danny Healy-Rae kicked off agriculture committee;
• Tirlán CEO on international volatility;
• Week 2 of new TB rules in marts;
• Key updates on farm schemes.

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

One of Ireland’s biggest dairy powerhouses, Ornua, has just reported a solid year with turnover up to €3.5 billion and profits which held firm despite turbulent global markets.

The Kerrygold owner pumped over €1.8 billion back into Irish co-ops and also paid out €74.3 million in member bonuses, which highlights its role at the heart of the country’s rual economy.

Meanwhile, Kerrygold continues its global march, smashing through $1 billion sales mark in the US and landing in more homes than ever before.

Find out more in this podcast about how Ornua is doubling down on its international ambitions - while insisting there’s still huge untapped potential in Irish dairy - with Agriland editor, Stella Meehan and Conor Galvin, CEO, Ornua.

In the latest episode of Agriland's limited podcast series "the Dairy Trail", technical dairy specialist, Cathal O'Shea visited the farm of Edel and Domnic Curtin in Co. Clare.

The Curtins run a busy operation, balancing the dairy herd alongside shift work, with both Domnic and Edel active members of An Garda Síochána

We chat to the duo about their farm system, navigating a tough grazing season, planning for the upcoming breeding season, as well as reflecting on the recent calving season. 

And with three children on the farm, we hear about the farms desire for top notch safety, which has led them to their recent decision to install an underpass.

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 supports announced but Healy-Rae resigns;
• New TB changes come into effect;
• Dairy industry players announce March milk prices and financial results;
• Key schemes for dairy beef and forestry;
• Agriland catches up with Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper.

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:

• Soaring fuel prices spark nationwide protests;
• Contractors call on government to tackle rising fuel costs;
• Fertiliser market set for ‘prolonged tight supply’;
• Should farmers should keep spreading fertiliser despite high prices?
• New TB changes at the mart from Monday, April 13;
• €750,000 earmarked to restore and safeguard traditional farm buildings.

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

Earlier this year, Dutch supermarket group Jumbo confirmed that it intends to slowly remove Irish beef from its shelves as part of its new supply chain policy.

This is a policy that involves creating a fully Dutch beef supply chain.

But what does this mean however for Irish farmers and what if other countries follow suit? Agriland editor, Stella Meehan sat down with beef sector manager at Bord Bia Mark Zeig to discuss this prospect.

In this podcast, he discusses cattle supply, consumer preference, food inflation and what the Mercosur deal might mean in the short-term.

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

• Government urged to take action on rising agri fuel costs;
• EU commissioner pours cold water on CBAM suspension for fertiliser;
• Teagasc hikes advisory and education fees;
• Michael O'Leary says farmers should not be worried about Mercosur trade deal;
• Farmer anger over Bord Bia chair laid bare in emails;
• Farmers urged to prepare for new bovine TB measures;
• Sheep Welfare Scheme now open;
• Thieves make a break with 12t of KitKat chocolate bars.

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In this episode Breifne O’Brien sits down Co. Westmeath-based beef farmer and Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary ahead of his annual Gigginstown House on-farm sale on Saturday, April 18.

This year's sale marks 30 years since Gigginstown House Stud imported its first 25 pedigree Angus cattle from Canada.

The Ryanair CEO chats to Breifne about beef prices and why Irish farmers should not be worried about trade deals like Mercosur.

According to O'Leary Ireland "will do well out of free trade".

"We should be welcoming the Mercosur trade deal, we should be welcoming the Australian trade deal - anything that encourages free trade is good for the Irish economy and what is good for the Irish economy will ultilmately translate into being good for Irish farmers as well," the Ryanair CEO said.

He also revealed that he did not "think much" of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) protest at the Bord Bia headquarters earlier this year.