Agriland Podcasts

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

• Farm orgs slam government fuel cost measures
• 100ac of silage set to cost €2,855 extra as diesel soars;
• Irish farmers face fertiliser shortages over Middle East conflict;
• 'Relentless' price cuts hit beef finishers;
• EU and Australia sign free trade agreement;
• Aurivo and Dale Farm announce 'strategic partnership';
• Proposed animal transport rules to 'effectively end' live exports;
• Bluetongue vaccine to be included in welfare schemes;
• DAFM issues lead poisoning warning.

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

On this episode of AgriFocus, Agriland editor Stella Meehan is joined by Simon MacAllister, EY Ireland Partner and Co-Head of Geopolitical Strategy to chat about the EU-Australia Freed Trade Agreement and its effects, especially with everything that is currently going on in the Middle East at the moment.

They discuss the immediate impact of oil prices, the challenges faced as a result of a reduction in gas supply and the differing views on the latest trade deal between the EU and Australia

In this limited podcast series produced by Agriland, technical beef journalist Breifne O’Brien travels around the country talking to beef farmers about the challenges they currently face and how they run their farm.

In this episode, Breifne chats to specialist suckler in-calf heifer producer Michael Cunniffe from Mount Prospect, Fuerty, Co. Roscommon. 

Michael talks about his in-calf heifer production system and the genetics that his customers are looking for. 
He runs this system with an impressive attention to detail on grassland management.  

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

• Calls for measures on farmer fuel costs as govt plans response;
• Fertiliser price shock 'may not be as acute as spring of 2022';
• Increase in fertiliser sales linked to higher river nitrogen levels;
• Ireland set for sharp drop in beef production;
• Warning that current high calf prices 'not adding up';
• Committee calls for new funding for nature restoration;
• Galway man wins national novice auctioneer competition.

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 limited podcast series produced by Agriland, technical beef journalist Breifne O’Brien travels around the country talking to beef farmers about the challenges they currently face and how they run their farm.

In this episode Agriland talks to Cathal Doyle from Co.Laois about farming, life and his career in the industry.

Cathal is a calf to beef farmer but also has a keen interest in commercial show cattle and also works off farm with Warrendale Wagyu.

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

• Middle East conflict impacting fuel and fertiliser prices;
• North Cork Creameries latest;
• Kerry Dairy Ireland contracts;
• An Taisce case against sixth NAP;
• TAMS applications issues;
• New changes to Forestry Programme;
• Minister talks Bord Bia and TB at ICSA AGM;
• Big numbers and prices for calves at recent mart sales.

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 conflict in the Middle East has sent shockwaves through global agriculture.

It has also shone the spotlight firmly on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping lane that normally carries roughly a quarter to a third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizer exports.

What will this mean for Irish farmers who rely heavily on imported fertiliser?

In this episode of AgriFocus Francess McDonnell is joined by Sam Taylor an executive director with RaboResearch, a division of Rabobank.

Currently based in the US, Sam has been involved in agriculture throughout his life, having grown up in a large farming family in the UK with mixed crop, livestock, and broiler farms.

He said what Irish farmers need to know now is that nitrogen, ammonia, and sulphur markets all rely heavily on Middle Eastern supply. 

Once those flows are disrupted, the effects ripple right through the fertiliser supply chain—from producers to distributors, and back to them is significant.

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.

In this limited podcast series produced by Agriland, technical beef journalist Breifne O’Brien travels around the country talking to beef farmers about the challenges they currently face and how they run their farm.

On the first episode of season two, Breifne chats to Duncan Morrison of Meikle Maldron Farm in Aberdeenshire. 

Duncan discusses how genetics can be used to drive on‑farm performance.
 
The farmer manages a 260‑cow herd of Aberdeen Angus and Stabiliser cattle and is recognised for the herds' low‑input, forage‑based system that uses data‑driven breeding decisions to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

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

• Bluetongue movement restrictions ease;
• Jobs at risk at North Cork Creameries;
• Impact of US-Iran conflict;
• IFA protest ends and Bord Bia review to start;
• Mercosur deal provisionally applied;
• TAMS ranking and selection;
• Pneumonia on farms;
• International Year of the Woman Farmer ambassador.

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 episode of the first season of 'It Started With Slurry' Breifne O’Brien sits down with Eoin Lynch, the slurry mad Mitchelstown farmer who went viral at the National Ploughing Championships. On today's episode the lads chat about..

• Brazilian beef and Mercosur;
• The rise in popularity of trad music with young people;
• Aspirations for the future;
• Eoin's final thoughts.

 Don’t forget to rate, review and follow 'It Started With Slurry and visit Agriland.ie for more.