Ploughing 2026: party leaders descend on Screggan site 

The Irish Farmers Journal team brings you all the action from day one of the National Ploughing Championships in Co Offaly.

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On this week's episode, Hannah and Sarah sit down with well-known rugby player Tadhg Furlong to chat about his upbringing on a farm, his rugby career to date and eating "a drill of spuds." 

The County Wexford native spoke about his love for the countryside having grown up on a farm and how he likes to visit as much as he can while balancing a busy training schedule.

He reflected on his younger days growing up playing rugby for New Ross rugby club and hurling and football for Horeswood GAA club.

As a decorated Leinster, Ireland and British and Irish Lions rugby player, Tadhg looked back on some of the most memorable highlights of his career so far.

He also spoke about losing his father to cancer in 2023 and the impact that he made on Tadhg both as a rugby player and a person.

Having become a father in recent years, he said "it definitely changes your life" and spoke about how he loves being a "girl dad."

Looking ahead on the start of a new rugby season, Tadhg said he is looking forward to getting back into it and building towards next year's rugby world cup in Australia.

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Down to Agribusiness: From Ornua to Enterprise Ireland – where’s the value?

Description: This week on the show, we ask what has Ornua ever done for the Irish dairy industry, unpack ifac’s 2026 Food & Agribusiness Report, and look at food and energy prices, interest rates and the impact of Trump’s latest antics.

We also talk to Jim Woulfe, Chair of Enterprise Ireland and former CEO of Dairygold and take a deeper dive into the Government’s latest plans to speed up the delivery of critical infrastructure.

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On this week’s podcast we chat to weeds expert from ADAS in the UK John Cussans, Bayer’s Jamie Oakley on a new winter cereal herbicide and we have the results of a grass weeds survey.

We have an update on fieldwork and volatile grain markets, have the latest news and the weather forecast. The Tillage Podcast is supported by Bayer Crop Science.

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Inside the Farmers Journal: CAP budget and young farmer drug use 

On this week’s show we hear about the rise in young farmer drug use, the standing of the CAP budget and the Glanbia board’s experience of 9/11 25 years ago this week.

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Inside Dairy Podcast: making the most of normal grass growth, managing with tight cash flows and reduced profits in mind and updates from the Kinisla Teagasc research day at Teagasc Moorepark.  

Lead in: On this weeks Inside Dairy Podcast, we discuss how farms can make the most of grass recovery on drier and heavier farms and manage tight cashflows over the next month. 

In this week’s Inside Dairy podcast, the lads discuss current grazing recommendations for dry and heavier farms, how best to manage tight cashflows over the next six months growth and Daire reports from the Kinisla Teagasc Joint programme event at Teagasc Moorepark.   

This week’s interviews are with Dr. Brian McCarthy on the latest results from the Next Generation Dairy Research herd. We also hear from Dr. Michael O’Donovan on  fertiliser recommendations for grazing farms as we approach the closed period next week. Finally in the breakdown, we look at the options for dairy farms where cashflow is tight over the next 6 months.  

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This is Country Living 

Description: Four years ago, life changed for Myles Reilly from Co Longford when he was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that had already significantly impacted his kidneys. Dialysis three times a week became his new reality as he waited for a transplant. As time passed with no sign of that all-important call, Myles’s wife Helen started looking into a kidney exchange programme. In April of this year, three couples across Ireland and the UK helped each other receive the ultimate life-changing gift – and in this poignant podcast, Myles and Helen share how it changed their lives.

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