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Agriland Media Group is delighted to launch a new, limited farm safety series in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Produced by Agriland Media Group, the new ‘Farm Safety Survivor Series’ is a four-part podcast, video and editorial series to promote more awareness of farm safety. Agriland news journalist, Rubina Freiberg will host a series of podcasts each of which will focus on a specific area of farm safety, covering the topics of livestock, ...
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The Farm Finance Podcast focuses on some of the major financial challenges currently facing farmers from managing cashflow to VAT. Produced by Agriland, ‘The Farm Finance Podcast‘ will be a four-part podcast series, which will also explore how best to grow and invest in a farm and many of the key issues in relation to taxation. The podcast will feature insights and information from a number of leading experts in their respective fields and will provide an opportunity for farmers and farm fam ...
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AgriLand.ie is the largest digital news publisher in the agricultural sector in Ireland. Established in 2013 our aim is to bring together in one online resource all the information, news and services required by people involved in the agricultural and farming sectors in Ireland.
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The second episode of the Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland, in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), focuses on the safe handling of slurry. In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to Mervyn Clendenning from Co. Longford who was overcome by slurry fumes …
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In this episode of Agriland’s Farm Finance Podcast limited series Francess McDonnell chats to Bill O’ Keeffe chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Farm Business Committee about managing costs and outgoings. The information in the podcast is intended as a general guide only. While every care is taken to ensure accuracy of information provide…
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"I never thought it would happen to me." The first episode of the limited Farm Safety Survivor Series brought to you by Agriland, in association with AXA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), focuses on safe livestock handling. In today’s podcast, Agriland news journalist Rubina Freiberg speaks to beef farmer Mick O’Dea fro…
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In this episode of Agriland's new Farm Finance podcast limited series Francess McDonnell sits down with Tom McWey, head of marketing and business development at St. Canice's Credit Union, to chat about why planning is the key to keeping cash flowing on your farm. The podcast also digs into why it is vital that farm families grasp how important budg…
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In the first episode of the Farm Finance podcast, we will take a close look at farm taxation and what exactly farm families need to be aware of and how they could potentially make the current taxation structure, ahead of Budget 2025, work best for them. We discuss what agricultural reliefs are available including consanguinity (stamp duty) relief w…
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This podcast is brought to you by Agriland Media in association with ABP* In the first episode of the Advantage Beef Programme podcast, we hear from ABP Food Group's sustainability manager Stephen Connolly as well as UCD's BiOrbics Professor Tommy Boland to hear about the new ABP funded research project examining pathways to further improving the s…
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The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has said that farming “has to change” in Ireland because there has been “a loss of nature in the last 50 years that has to be reversed”. “We’ve gone from having 500 pristine water systems down to 20. That has to change, it’s not just farming, we have to change how we do forestry.…
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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 Ploughing Association (NPA). In the latest edition of On the Record with Agriland she shares the secrets of her success – “be nice to people” is the motto by which she lives and why her determination has got…
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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 different direction”. In the latest interview in Agriland’s On the Record series, the Roscommon-Galway TD said that climate is a big focus of CAP now but that it should be a different pillar, with food…
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Transformation is needed in agriculture, the director general at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. Laura Burke believes that if agriculture in Ireland continues to operate the way it is currently doing, it will not meet its environmental targets. “We can’t keep doing the same things and expect a different result and that’s the l…
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Farmers are “nearly ashamed to say they are a farmer” in 2023, according to Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, Michael Fitzmaurice. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice believes Ireland “needs a completely new type of party, from the bottom up” that listens to farmers and the rural community. In an ‘On the Record’ interview with Agriland, the TD said he be…
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There will be no government-backed investigation into the price farmers are paying for fertiliser in Ireland, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The minister told Agriland‘ that fertiliser prices are “outside” of his control as minister. He said it is a “market issue”. “It’s important that farmers d…
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On this week's programme: We talk to Jimmy Walsh of Leinster Marts about 50 years in business, FCI’S Mike Moroney talks carbon taxes and their impact on agri contractors, and calibrating your seed drill is essential, and should be carried out between crops, varieties and seed batches. Here’s a step-by-step guide to the process.…
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This week, on the season three finale of FarmLand, the show drills into farmer concerns surrounding the new TB stakeholder forum report.Hugh Farrell of the ICSA outlines why he believes the report is “incomplete” - highlighting its lack of focus on the cost of TB – both financially and personally – inside the farm gate.Our reporter Emma Gilsenan al…
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This week on FarmLand, as beef farmer opposition to the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal gathers pace, independent MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan outlines whether Ireland’s farmer fury is impacting on Brussels.Although the Mercosur bloc says it wants to “shake off the environmental stigma” of its beef production system, Flanagan says he “doesn’t buy it”.M…
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The ferocious farmer backlash to the announcement that 99,000t of beef from Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will make its way onto EU market shelves under the EU-Mercosur trade deal will be fleshed out on FarmLand tonight.Joe Healy IFA president gives his reaction to the deal and why he believes it is a retrograde step for Irish and EU agri…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, ICMSA president Pat McCormack drills into the farming detail of the Government’s new Climate Action Plan.While outlining that farmers will engage with the plan, McCormack also suggests that the time has come for the burden of increasing production costs to be shared with consumers.Meanwhile, can hemp production o…
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What is the current state of play on the reform of the next Common Agricultural Policy post-2020 - and what will it mean for Irish farmers?FarmLand gets the inside track from the top brass forming the new policy at the European Commission in Brussels. Frank Bollen, head of the budget management unit at DG AGRI, gives his view on looming budget cuts…
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On tonight's episode of FarmLand, Siobhan Ring geneticist at ICBF will give the inside track on the recently developed Dairy Beef Index and its potential for both dairy and beef farmers.Niall Claffey visits dairy farmer Hughie Egan - who's milking 85 Kiwi-cross cows under a spring-calving system in Doon Co. Offaly - to discuss his plans for the 201…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Macra na Feirme national president elect Thomas Duffy gives his first official sit-down interview since landing top office.The dairy farmer from Co. Cavan - who is the 37th president of the farming and rural youth organisation – sets out his vision for representing young farmers in the face of Brexit, CAP reform …
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Pat Smith, the chairman of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation, outlines the potential for solar PV generation on Irish farms.Smith, who is also the managing director of Local Power Limited, gives his perspective on the sustainability challenges facing Irish agriculture, alongside the threat of Brexit.The ICSA’…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, addresses farmer demands for clarity on emergency support aid for the beef sector if a crash-out Brexit unfolds over the coming weeks.And what opportunities can farm diversification offer to boost farm incomes? Barry Caslin Teagasc specialist in en…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Bord Bia’s sector manager for beef and livestock Joe Burke discusses current progress with calf exports.Meanwhile, FTMTA CEO Gary Ryan will focus on the sale of new tractors in Ireland to date this year.The issue of how to deal with lameness on dairy farms will also be covered with Waterford vet Ger Cusack and we…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, AgriLand’s Siobhan Walsh discusses the key challenges facing malting barley growers with presenter Claire McCormack.MEP Sean Kelly discusses the key changes and sticking points to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).Meanwhile, director of Teagasc Gerry Boyle talks technology, teaching and how these…
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, MEP Mairead McGuinness discusses the likelihood of chlorothalonil facing a ban. She touches on the possible consequences on Irish farmers and the environmental impact of agro-chemicals.Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice talks about Brexit, farming organisations and the challenges facing Irish…
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As we prepare to put 2018 behind us, tonight on FarmLand in Review we will look back at some of biggest issues that farmers battled on the ground over the last 12 months. From the cross-sector impact of multiple extreme weather events, beef price lows, the Lakeland/LacPatrick merger, Brexit fears, and many farmer-led protest, FarmLand will reflect …
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On this week’s episode of FarmLand, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed explains the latest developments on Brexit and what his department is doing to prepare for a no-deal scenario. He also reflects on what has been a tough year for farmers in 2018.Also, CEO of the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) Sean Finan outlines the…
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On this week's episode of FarmLand, Ian Kilgallon of Gas Networks Ireland highlights the opportunities available for anaerobic digestion in Ireland, as well as the GRAZE Gas project in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.Aurivo CEO Aaron Forde offered insight into the co-op's performance this year, milk price in 2019 and the launch of Homeland.ie.Plus, ICSA she…
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Tonight on FarmLand, Joe Burke senior manager of meat and livestock at Bord Bia will talk in detail about Ireland’s live cattle export trade – with a particular focus on 2018 market trends and potential destinations for 2019.Burke will also offer his outlook on beef price for the Christmas market.Plus, Grace Maher of the Irish Organic Association w…
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This week on FarmLand, independent senator Ian Marshall urges the Democratic Unionist Party to row in behind the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement for the sake of farmers and agri-businesses in Northern Ireland.As fears over the future of the beef sector in Ireland continue to escalate, Cormac Healy, the director of Meat Industry Ireland addresses …
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