Irish farming pressure, policy, and markets in focus.
Agriland Podcasts gathers Irish farming news, specialist interviews, and sector briefings into one practical agriculture feed. It follows fuel protests, beef prices, dairy pressure, TB rules, trade deals, and farm-level decisions with a close eye on margins.
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Agriland Podcasts is a broad Irish agriculture feed with a hard news spine. It does not linger over atmosphere. It gets to the pressure. Recent episodes move quickly through green diesel costs, fuel protests, fertiliser affordability, TB changes, beef prices, live export concerns, dairy processor disruption, retail milk and butter cuts, and trade agreements with consequences for Irish farming. The show’s rhythm is practical and current, with each story measured by what it means for farms, contractors, suppliers, hauliers, and food producers. The Farming Week carries the newsroom function, opening from breaking developments and then building out the reaction from ministers, farm organisations, protesters, and affected sectors. It is especially attentive to figures: price changes, repayment limits, deadlines, grant dates, price rises, export forecasts, and support measures. AgriFocus gives more room to specialist analysis. Episodes on Irish beef and EU trade policy connect supermarket decisions, grass-fed branding, consumer pressure, tariff changes, geopolitical instability, and export strategy. The Beef Brief narrows the lens further. It puts cattle prices, suckler systems, in-calf heifer production, marts, genetics, grazing, and farm risk into plain operational terms. The feed is not casual background audio for someone vaguely interested in rural life. It is more useful than that. It assumes the audience knows the difference between a symbolic political answer and a measure that changes a farm’s cost base. That assumption gives the show its value. It can move from international trade routes to green diesel, from Dutch beef policy to Irish export positioning, or from a wastewater licence issue to milk supply certainty without over-explaining the stakes. The coverage is often grave because the subjects are grave. Still, it stays steady. The editorial habit is to keep asking what happens next, who pays, who absorbs the risk, and whether the farm business can carry it.
Made for: For Irish farmers, contractors, advisers, agri-business professionals, and rural policy watchers who want current agriculture news tied to farm-level consequences. It suits listeners who prefer detail over chatter.
What sets it apart: The feed combines weekly agriculture news, specialist market interviews, and on-farm beef reporting in one place. Its strength is connecting policy, global disruption, and practical margins without losing the Irish farm context.
The home for all Agriland podcasts and audio in one feed. Catch up on the latest farming news and learn about all things agriculture in Ireland. Featuring podcasts such as The Farming Week, AgriFocus, The Dairy Trail, Law and the Land and much more!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Agriland Podcasts connects Irish farm economics to policy, input markets and practical operating decisions with clear, specific reporting.
Agriland Podcasts treats farming as a working business exposed to decisions made far beyond the farm gate. Its Farming Week discussions move between fuel protests, TB rules, Brazilian beef controls and government fallout, while AgriFocus gives a single commercial pressure more…
Fuel blockades, Brazilian beef audits, and dairy margins all land at your kitchen table.
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A fuel-price story that turns into a farm-business and government story.
It treats rising fuel prices as a lived pressure rather than a background issue, tying the protests from farmers, agri-contractors and hauliers to the strain on day-to-day business and the wider political ripple effects.
A brisk farm-policy round-up that ties protest, input costs, and practical next steps together.
This piece keeps its focus on the pressure points facing farm businesses: fuel costs, protests across the country, and the wider Middle East crisis feeding into the same strain.
A focused market brief on how Middle East disruption could feed into Irish fertiliser costs.
AgriLand's AgriFocus treats the Middle East conflict as a practical issue for Irish farming, with the main concern running through supply lines and into fertiliser bills.
An Irish agriculture update tying the Borbia dispute, Brazilian beef controls, and end-of-week farm rules together.
This episode traces an Irish agriculture update with a clean line through the Borbia dispute, the EU audit of Brazilian beef controls, and the hedge-cutting and burning deadline.
A practical look at dairy margins when weather and markets are both under pressure.
AgriLand keeps its focus on a familiar dairy squeeze: calving, milk price swings, weather, and the constant need to keep margins intact. Patrick Gowing's advice is strongest when it gets concrete, especially around the 60-40 rule and the reminder that a lot of the year's cost…
Farm business talk with coffee-shop honesty.
Fuel prices are squeezing Irish farm businesses hard.
The episode opens with fuel protests spreading across Ireland.
This episode discusses the impact of Dutch supermarket Jumbo's decision to remove Irish beef from its shelves on Irish farmers and the export market, featuring insights from Bord Bia's Beef Sector Manager Mark Zeig.
This episode covers breaking news about a milk supply agreement, weather warnings for Storm Dave, and discusses government measures to address rising fuel costs affecting farmers and contractors.
This episode features an interview with Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary discussing current issues in Irish agriculture, including beef price trends, market sustainability, and concerns about trade deals like Mercosur.
A weekly news podcast covering the latest developments in Irish agriculture, including government fuel price cuts and retailer milk price reductions.
This episode of AgriFocus discusses the newly agreed EU-Australia free trade agreement and its implications for Ireland, particularly in the context of current geopolitical uncertainties.
This episode features an interview with specialist suckler in-calf heifer producer Michael Cunough, discussing his production system, cattle sourcing strategies, and grassland management in County Roscommon.
A weekly farming news podcast discussing the impact of rising fuel prices on Irish farmers and the government's planned intervention.
Interview with a beef farmer discussing his calf-to-beef system, AI work, and off-farm job with Warrandale Waggon.
A weekly news podcast covering the latest in Irish agriculture, including weather warnings and the impact of global events on fertiliser and fuel prices.
The episode looks at how the Middle East conflict can push Irish fertiliser prices higher.
This episode covers the easing of bluetongue-related livestock movement restrictions between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, allowing resumed trade in breeding animals and pedigree bulls.
The Farming Week opens on the Borbia dispute.
AgriFocus looks at the pressures piling onto dairy farms, from calving season and weather to shifting milk prices and volatile markets.
A weekly news roundup covering the latest developments in Irish agriculture, including a political hearing and farmer protests.
This episode covers the controversy over Don Farm Foods sourcing 1% of its beef from Brazil, despite supplying Subway in Ireland, and the fallout for Bord Bia's chairperson.
This episode covers the latest developments in the EU Mercosur trade agreement, including Ireland's opposition and the vote among EU member states.
An interview with an economist discussing the EU-Mercosur trade deal and its implications for Irish farmers.
This episode covers the latest developments on the controversial Mercosur trade deal and its potential vote among EU member states, focusing on Ireland's position.
This episode of the It Started With Slurry podcast features hosts Brefney O'Brien and Owen Lynch discussing New Year's resolutions, advice for young farmers, and how farming has changed, starting with personal anecdotes about farming and childhood memories.
This Christmas special episode features a casual conversation with Owen Lynch about finishing school for the holidays, upcoming exams, and holiday plans.
This episode discusses the proposed Mercosur trade deal and its impact on Irish and EU agriculture, including farmer protests and political negotiations.
A dairy specialist interviews a farmer about his spring calving system, dry off procedures, and achieving low somatic cell count.
A dairy specialist interviews a farmer about his Montbelliard herd, calving system, and farm management in County Wicklow.
A news roundup on suspected blue tongue cases in a County Down cattle herd and the regulatory response in Northern Ireland.
An interview with a virology professor discussing the detection and implications of blue tongue virus in cattle in Northern Ireland.
A dairy specialist interviews a Wicklow farmer about his winter milking system, covering production targets, feeding, and breeding.
This episode features an interview with Owen Lynch, a student from Mitchetown, Cork, discussing his background as an adoptee from Vietnam, his life in Ireland, and his connection to farming and slurry.
A dairy specialist visits award-winning farms in Ireland to discuss grazing, housing, drying off, and milk quality practices.
This episode covers the latest Irish agricultural news, including the EU nitrates derogation visit and farm payment scheme updates.
A news roundup covering two outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Irish commercial turkey flocks and the resulting restriction zones.
The episode covers the publication of Ireland's Draft Nitrate Action Programme and its implications for farmers.