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Young Stock Podcast: will the real Willie Clancy please stand up?

Macra Munster vice-president Willie Clancy talks organic farming, succession and more with Anne O'Donoghue.

PODCAST 8 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: will the real Willie Clancy please stand up?

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Young Stock Podcast: providing support for women in dairy

Young Stock Podcast: providing support for women in dairy

NEWS 24 November 2025

Young Stock Podcast: reinventing the haggart and fighting rural isolation

Young Stock Podcast: reinventing the haggart and fighting rural isolation

NEWS 10 November 2025

Young Stock Podcast: farming 600 hill sheep and working in Macroom Mart

Young Stock Podcast: farming 600 hill sheep and working in Macroom Mart

Young Stock Podcast: farming 600 hill sheep and working in Macroom Mart

NEWS 20 October 2025

TB compensation averaged €1,536/reactor in 2024

TB compensation averaged €1,536/reactor in 2024

TB compensation averaged €1,536/reactor in 2024

NEWS 6 October 2025

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Young Stock Podcast: shows, sucklers and sheep in the Burren

Young Stock Podcast: shows, sucklers and sheep in the Burren

On this week’s podcast, we’re in the Burren, Co Clare, to discuss with 19-year-old Aaron McGann the very many strings to his farming bow.

PODCAST 6 August 2025

Cork sisters win all-Ireland stockperson titles

Cork sisters win all-Ireland stockperson titles

This year's FBD all-Ireland young stockperson finals at Ballinrobe Show will go down as one of the best yet, with an outstanding display of showing skills, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 6 August 2025

Young stock person finals destined for Ballinrobe

Young stock person finals destined for Ballinrobe

The clock is ticking down to the FBD All-Ireland Young Stock Person finals at Ballinrobe Show on Sunday 7 September, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 6 August 2025

Young Stock Podcast: ‘Irish duck is the Wagyu beef of southeast Asia’

Young Stock Podcast: ‘Irish duck is the Wagyu beef of southeast Asia’

Our guest this week is Niamh Mulhern, who joins us from Singapore, where she’s working as a market adviser with Bord Bia promoting Irish duck and dairy across southeast Asia.

NEWS 6 August 2025

Summer 2025 presents lungworm problems

Summer 2025 presents lungworm problems

Lungworm cases have been presented to the regional veterinary labs earlier than normal in 2025, writes Aidan Brennan.

ANIMAL HEALTH 6 August 2025

Young Stock Podcast: showing and succession at Tullamore Show

Young Stock Podcast: showing and succession at Tullamore Show

We hit the road for this week's Young Stock Podcast and attended Tullamore Show, where we spoke to young farming enthusiasts.

NEWS 6 August 2025

Heifer rearing costs hit €1,722/head in 2025

Heifer rearing costs hit €1,722/head in 2025

If the opportunity cost of selling a heifer calf at €600/head is factored in, the true cost is as high as €2,322/head.

YOUNG STOCK 6 August 2025

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