Podcast Episodes

On the Record: Anna May McHugh, NPA managing director

She is the undisputed queen of the ploughing in Ireland and this year Anna May McHugh celebrates 50 years as managing director of the National Plough…

3 years, 1 month ago

On the Record: Farming has to ‘change’ in Ireland – Eamon Ryan

The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has said that farming “has to change” in Ireland because there has been “a loss…

3 years, 1 month ago

The Farming Week: Dairy bull calf welfare under spotlight | MEPs vote in favour of Nature Restoration Law | Eamon Ryan says farming must change | Farming from a wheelchair

Francess McDonnell & Aisling O'Brien bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week include:
 
-       ‘No stone will …

3 years, 1 month ago

On the Record: Claire Kerrane – ‘CAP should support food production’

Sinn Féin TD, Claire Kerrane has said that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was set up to ensure food production but now seems to be “going in a …

3 years, 1 month ago

On the Record: Increase in dairy herd ‘unsustainable’ – EPA's DG Laura Burke

Transformation is needed in agriculture, the director general at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned.

Laura Burke believes that if ag…

3 years, 1 month ago

AgriFocus: Machinery prices, labour shortages and career opportunities

On this episode of AgriFocus, Executive Director of the Farm Tractor & Machinery Traders Association, Michael Farrelly, joins Agriland editor Stella …

3 years, 1 month ago

On the Record: Michael Fitzmaurice on his plans for a rural party

Farmers are “nearly ashamed to say they are a farmer” in 2023, according to Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice.

Deputy Michael F…

3 years, 1 month ago

AgriFocus: Economist, Ciaran Fitzgerald on Politics & Irish Agriculture

Go beyond the headlines with AgriFocus, where we take a closer look at some of the key issues that directly impact on farmers, rural communities and …

3 years, 1 month ago

On the Record: No investigation into fertiliser prices – Minister McConalogue

There will be no government-backed investigation into the price farmers are paying for fertiliser in Ireland, according to the Minister for Agricultu…

3 years, 1 month ago