Irish Farmers Journal
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Irish farming, week by working week.
Irish Farmers Journal podcasts is a busy farming feed built around Irish agriculture as it is happening. It moves from fuel protests and beef prices to tillage windows, dairy decisions, grant schemes and young-farmer life.
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Irish Farmers Journal podcasts is less a single format than a working audio desk for Irish agriculture. It gathers news briefings, livestock panels, tillage updates, dairy discussion and lighter young-farmer conversation under one publisher voice. The common thread is practical pressure. Fuel prices, diesel supply, carbon tax, green diesel, fertiliser, meal costs and market volatility all appear as real farm problems rather than abstract business headlines. The show is especially strong when it connects policy to the yard. TAMS approvals, solar grants, low-emission slurry spreading equipment, TB planning and farm schemes are discussed through the question that matters most: what changes for the farmer trying to make a decision this week. Livestock coverage follows beef, sheep and dairy markets with a clear sense of margins and risk. Winter finishers, factory prices and input costs are treated with a serious, sometimes grave tone. Tillage episodes bring a different texture. They watch the weather, track fieldwork windows, explain crop protection and give space to chemistry, resistance and regulatory pressure. Dairy episodes can move from heifer breeding to oil supply worries in the same practical frame. Young Stock adds looseness and personality, with rural dating, education, succession, property, career starts and farm family life sitting beside agricultural advice. The feed can be brisk. It often begins with the urgent issue, then hands the conversation to people with specific knowledge. There is room for local colour and teasing, but the centre of gravity is useful information. Listeners are not treated as outsiders. The language assumes familiarity with marts, grants, fields, schemes, stock and weather. That gives the show its edge. It does not need to dramatize farming because the pressures are already visible in the details. For Irish farmers and agri-sector listeners, it offers a close, current read on what is moving across the industry.
Made for: For Irish farmers, contractors, students, advisers and agri-sector listeners who want current farming news with usable context. It especially suits people already fluent in schemes, markets, weather and farm management.
What sets it apart: Its strength is range without losing farm-level detail: hard news, sector panels, field reports and young-farmer chat all sit in the same feed. The coverage keeps returning to costs, schemes and decisions rather than broad commentary.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Agricultural policy becomes concrete here, tested against farm finances, field conditions, institutional disputes and the people building lives in the sector.
Irish Farmers Journal podcasts makes agricultural policy legible at ground level, where institutional decisions meet flooded fields, delayed payments and difficult farm economics.
The Bord Bia doors close; you're there for the people who stayed the night.
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A grounded farm-life conversation about work, succession, and changing direction without losing the practical detail.
Katie Gleeson's story gives Youngstock its centre of gravity. It is a candid look at family-farm life, moving from hairdressing into full-time parenting and then into milking, accounts, and the succession plan behind the household.
A practical farm-market update on fuel pressure, grant delays, and the week ahead for beef, sheep, and dairy.
Farm Tech Talk stays fixed on the pressures shaping farm life, from green diesel and fuel protests to TAMS, beef markets, and milk prices. Stephen Robb keeps the conversation practical with Adam Woods, Aidan Brennan, and Martin Merrick, and the detail lands best when it sticks…
Weather pressure, input issues, and practical crop decisions in a brisk weekly tillage update.
This episode stays close to the practical realities of farm work, where sowing and spraying have to fit around short weather windows and conditions can change quickly from one region to the next.
Practical exam prep with steady, usable revision advice.
Growing Minds stays on practical exam prep, with Roisin Byrne from AgriAware joining Sarah to walk through study planning, common revision mistakes, and simple ways to manage stress and time without burning out.
A weary farm conversation that folds calving, Easter, and rural detail into one lived-in discussion.
Young Stock opens on a rough farm night: the Irish result goes badly, a cow has a difficult calving, the vet is called, and sleep is scarce by morning.
Live tillage discussion from Wexford that stays focused on payments, schemes, flooding, and the practical questions farmers are still waiting on.
Recorded live in Wexford at the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society Spring Workshop, the episode stays fixed on the issues that matter most to the room: payments, schemes, support, flooding, and grain.
A close, inside look at a farm-sector standoff where procedure and pressure collide.
This episode lands on the Bord Bia dispute without much delay: a push for the chairperson's resignation, a board defending due process, and farmers saying trust has already gone.
A brisk farm-policy scan that ties animal health to the real cost of disruption.
The episode keeps its footing as it moves from animal-health pressure to farm politics. Bluetongue stays concrete rather than abstract: the rising cases, the spread beyond Wexford, and the lag between testing and confirmation give the discussion shape.
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Wood Mackenzie's Ed Crooks and analysts unpack power markets, data centers, and energy geopolitics.
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Fuel costs are where this one starts.
Rain is moving in.
This episode discusses the ongoing fuel price protests in Ireland, featuring an interview with an organizer and analysis of the government's response.
This episode discusses the impact of oil supply disruptions from the Strait of Hormuz on Irish dairy farmers, focusing on potential diesel shortages and price increases.
A panel discusses rising input costs, beef prices, and grassland management for Irish farmers.
This episode covers challenges facing winter finishers, beef market price cuts, and an interview with IFA President Francie Gorman.
This episode covers spring fieldwork updates, grain market reports, and IFA policy on Irish grain inclusion in feed rations.
A trailer for Inside Dairy podcast discussing the latest Milk League rankings and the significant price gap between North Cork Creameries and other co-ops.
Growing Minds turns its focus to calm, practical exam preparation.
Sarah and Dara open with teasing before Dara tells the story of a rough night.
Payments and trust in schemes drive this one.
Bord Bia is stuck in a hard, public row.
This episode of Farm Tech Talk covers key agricultural issues including the IFA-Bord Bia standoff, beef scheme payment uncertainties, and listener questions on protests and livestock trade.
A live room in Wexford gives the episode its feel.
Bluetongue leads the news.
Katie Larkin moved to Poland.
Eight weeks into 2026, rain is the opening problem.
This festive episode of Farm Tech Talk reviews the biggest farming stories of 2025, focusing on beef price fluctuations, dairy trends, sheep farming improvements, and political policies affecting Irish agriculture.
A panel of experts discuss livestock farming topics including blue tongue disease, nitrates derogation, and Brazilian beef, and answer listener questions about CBV values.
This episode covers top agricultural news stories in Ireland, including blue tongue disease, nitrates derogation, and farm income outlook.
This episode discusses poor income figures, features an interview with a US grain farmer from Iowa, and covers agricultural news including awards, payments, and industry reports.
This episode helps secondary school students prepare for their agricultural science individual investigative study by breaking down the new theme and offering guidance from experts.
This episode of The Young Stock Podcast features hosts Sarah McIntosh and Dara Craig discussing the impact of social media farming accounts on young farmers, alongside introducing a new format and an upcoming interview with a 23-year-old entrepreneur.
A weekly livestock podcast covering farming news, prices, and advice, including a Q&A on suckler cow management.
A weekly news podcast covering the latest farming news, including the Mercosur trade agreement and bird flu outbreaks in Ireland.
This episode covers grain markets, biosecurity risks, and agricultural news, including a distillery's financial losses.
This episode features an interview with Professor Zoe McKay about her involvement with Dairy Women Ireland, grassland management, and her Nuffield Ireland scholarship, aimed at dairy farmers.
A livestock-focused episode discussing calf prices and farming advice for Irish farmers.
This episode covers black grass seed contamination in straw imports, updates on the two crop rule, crop walks, and grain market and weather reports.
This episode of the Youngstock Podcast features an interview with Sean, a 33-year-old dairy farmer from Tipperary, discussing dairy farming, EBI, and mental health with Kelly.
Highlights from Dairy Day 2025 conference discussing dairy market outlook, milk prices, and challenges like tariffs.
A livestock-focused podcast episode discussing beef and calf prices, market trends, and answering listener questions.
This episode covers top farming news stories including straw imports, IFA regional chair election, and Dairy Day 2025.
This episode covers tillage farming news including weather impacts, straw imports, emissions updates, and farm safety grants.
A weekly agricultural news podcast covering livestock farming, including mineral protocols for calving cows and beef welfare schemes.
This episode of the Tillage Podcast discusses agricultural topics including a world record-breaking soybean farmer interview, Kerry grain price announcements, malting cuts, cover crop seed, market updates, and weather conditions for Irish farmers.