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Young Stock Podcast: breed the best cows you possibly can
Noel Bardon
In this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Hannah Woods of Dovea Genetics' graduate programme gives an insight into balancing breeding decisions to leaving you with best cows you possibly can in your herd.
Young Stock Podcast: breed the best cows you possibly can
News Podcast: fertiliser risking BISS penalties and ballooning forestry costs
3 May 2024 Podcast
News Podcast: fertiliser risking BISS penalties and ballooning forestry costs
Listen now to get the latest on the risk of payment penalties for spreading fertiliser, a surge in BVD ‘name and shame letters’ and the reaction to the new €79.5m ash dieback scheme.
Tillage Podcast: busy days for tillage farmers
2 May 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: busy days for tillage farmers
This week’s show has an update on fieldwork and the second part of UK farmer Andrew Ward’s talk, along with all the latest news.
Farming News: weather lifts cattle trade and red-hot demand for hill land
Listen now for the latest on the cattle price lift from this week’s weather, how CAP payments are driving demand for marginal land and a breakdown of Irish MEPs’ voting records on farming issues.
26 April 2024 Podcast
Tillage Podcast: wonderful weather for field work
On this week's show, we hear from a UK farmer dealing with black grass, cover cropping and direct drilling.
25 April 2024 News
Youngstock Podcast: working with farmers to develop solar farms
Stephen Robb talks to Robyn Kelly, project developer with Lightsource bp, about her role in working with farmers to develop solar farms.
22 April 2024 Podcast
Tillage Podcast: tillage area 'being eroded' - Minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue joins us on this week’s Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Podcast.
18 April 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: behind the scenes judging Mr Personality
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Sarah McIntosh and Martin Merrick take us behind the scenes of judging the Mr personality Festival 2024
15 April 2024 Podcast
Tillage Podcast: getting ready for drier weather
This week’s show features updates from agronomists, advice on cultivations, beans, the Crop Protection magazine and the grain market and weather reports.
11 April 2024 News
Listen: walking crops in Brazil and reducing price risk for farmers
Conor Condron from Co Offaly joins this week’s Young Stock Podcast. He manages risk while trading commodities.
8 April 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: planting beans from Wexford to Westmeath
On this week’s show, we chat to a contractor sowing beans across the country and, as always, have the latest tillage news, grain trends and the weather report.
4 April 2024 News
News Podcast: challenging weather, Harris on farming and calf exports
Listen now to get the latest news on farmers coping with a surge in rainfall, what Fine Gael’s new leader has to say on farming matters and 2024 calf export trends.
29 March 2024 Podcast