Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast

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We discuss the ten year high of TB outbreaks, blue card delays, ACRES payments, grants for traditional farm buildings and farmer protests both at home and abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we report from the Tirlán grain awards. We have all the details on new research from Teagasc and Tirlán on the carbon footprint of Irish grain. We talk to Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon. Syngenta’s Andy Cunningham joins us to tell us about Vixeran, a new bio-fertiliser to improve nitrogen use efficiency.To fill out the Tillage Podcast survey click on this link: https://form.jotform.com/240374041518046 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks podcast Niall Canning from Rosses Point in Co Sligo joins Shanon Kinahan to talk all things farming, football and finding life long a passion in showing cattle.Niall is a seasoned show man, an ex-county footballer with a new found love for running and a school teacher among many other things. Niall is a wealth of knowledge and in this podcast he talks about the trials and tribulations that go along with farming, the many rewarding days on the show circuit, gives plenty of advice to young farmers and even gets a few facts on the record in our quick fire round. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s show we have the latest update on rules surrounding bare patches and crops which didn’t establish from the Department of Agriculture. We have the latest on the three-crop rule, preview the tillage pages and have the latest tillage news.Last week the Irish Farmers Journal attended the BASF technical conference and on this week’s show we chat to BASF’s Claire Tucker on oilseed rape agronomy and Iain Forde on beans agronomy as well as Tom McCabe on disease control in spring barley.We have a survey running at present to get your feedback on The Tillage Podcast. You can fill out the survey at this link: https://form.jotform.com/240374041518046 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week’s tillage podcast we talk to the head of agronomy at Dyson Farming Ben Abell. Ben spoke at the Drummonds conference a few weeks ago.We want to hear your opinions and get some feedback on the tillage podcast. Fill out the survey at this link: https://form.jotform.com/240374041518046 to be in with a chance to win a €100 one4all voucher.Back to this week's show and we detail how Irish farmers are losing money due to bad weather and regulations and how member states are seeking derogations from crop diversification requirements, how Irish wheat could replace maize in whiskey production and have a report from the Wexford IFA grain awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week’s tillage podcast comes from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference held on Wednesday. We have the results of the Teagasc winter planting survey, advice on how to manage poor crops and on planting decisions this season from Shay Phelan and Dermot Forristal.We chat to Teagasc’s John Spink on the carbon footprint of Irish grain. We have details of the top up to the tillage payment and, as always, we have the grain market and weather reports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On this week's show we have an update on the three-crop rule for 2024 which farmers must comply with. Drummonds held its winter conference this week and we talk to Drummonds agronomist Brian Reilly and Grassland Agro’s John O’Loughlin from the conference. Brian updates us on planting in the north east and John has an update on the fertiliser database.As always, we look at the tillage pages which focus on glyphosate rates, we look at grain markets and have the weather report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.