ASA Ireland

ASA Ireland

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ASA Ireland episodes

  • Farming for Water: To Protect Our Future

    In this special episode, host Sarah McIntosh visits the farm of William Blackburn in Kilworth, Co. Cork, for a Blackwater Catchment event focused on sustainable farming and water quality. Organised in collaboration with Teagasc, Dairygold and Better Farming for Water, the event brought together farmers, advisors and industry experts to explore practical solutions that support productive farming while protecting our water resources.

    Sarah speaks with Dale Crammond, President of the Agricultural Science Association, Dr Bridget Lynch and Dr Philip Murphy from Teagasc, Billy Cronin from Dairygold, host farmer William Blackburn and Marcus O'Halloran of AgriAware. Hear insights from researchers, industry leaders and farmers on the actions being taken today to safeguard water quality for future generations.

    This episode is sponsored by Agri Aware


    40 min
  • Vision of Agriculture in 2050
    ASA past president Eoin Lowry interviews Prof. Dr Rogier Schulte.
    Prof. Dr. Rogier Schulte is the chairholder of the Farming Systems Ecology group at Wageningen University and Research Director of the Global Network of Lighthouse Farms. In this podcast, Prof. Dr Rogier Schulte talks about the Vision of Agriculture in 2050.
    Our podcasts are kindly sponsored by Dawn Meats.
    32 min
  • Episode 38 - Dale Crammond
    ASA Council member and past president interviews fellow council member Dale Crammond. Dale is director of Meat Industry Ireland and in this podcast he talks about his journey with ag science
    32 min
  • Episode 37 - Prof. John Roche
    In the episode of Experts in their Field, Council member Eddie Phelan talks to Prof. John Roche,Chief Science Adviser at New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Director of MPI On-Farm Support Services
    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 36 - Thia Hennessy
    In this episode of Experts in their Field, Council Member Catherine Heffernan speaks to Prof. Thia Hennesssy, Head of School and Chair of Agri-Food Economics at Cork University Business School
    24 min
  • Episode 35 - John HIckey
    In this episode of experts in their field council member Oliver Burke speaks to John Hickey, Head of Corn Product Design at Bayer Crop Science.
    John discusses his experience and gives a unique insight into how genomic technology has evolved over the last 20 years and how his work evolved into plant breeding. John also describes the opportunities genomic advancements can bring to global agriculture
    32 min
  • Episode 33: ASA/IFJ Bursary winners - UCD
    Bursart winners Part 2
    The Agricultural Science Association (ASA) has teamed up with the Irish Farmers Journal to provide four €1,000 bursaries to stage three B.Agr.Sc. students at UCD to support travel and other costs associated with their placement.
    Here Sarah McIntosh fromt the Irish farmers Journal chats to 2 of our 2022 UCD Recipients of the bursary. Mark Norse and Cian Mongey, Mark and Cian talk about their PWE in New Zealand and Finland.
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    28 min
  • ASA Travel Bursary winners - Part 1
    In this episode, Council member Una Sinnott speaks with our 2022/23 Bursary recipients Leah Armitage and Sean Raftry from SETU and Ciara Smith from DkIT. Here they discuss their experiences as they completed their professional work experience abroad.
    28 min
  • Episode 31 : ASA Conference 2023
    In this episode, ASA President Prof. Tommy Boland talks with some of our speakers at our upcoming annual conference. Tommy speaks with Our Plenary speaker, Jack Bobo, Director of the University of Nottingham Food Systems Institute. This is followed by Margaret Berry who is head of sustainability with the Kepak Group. He then talks to Barry Larkin, CEO of Acorn. The podcast concludes with some words from Michael Berkery from the FBD, our Conference Partners.
    20 min

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