Agriland Podcasts

In this episode of Farm Conversations, we head to Kilconnor in Co. Carlow to hear about one farmer’s journey into organic farming.Joe Nolan runs an organic sheep and tillage farm. Joe began his conversion to organic farming in 2022 and achieved full organic status two years later. In our new podcast series- Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters - he shares how he adapted the farm, the challenges along the way, and the support available through schemes including TAMS and the Organic Farming Scheme.

As part of the Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters podcast, we've been finding out exactly what Irish farmers believe are the crucial issues when it comes to CAP.In this episode we meet Kevin Leahy. Kevin farms around 350 acres with his father and uncle near Causeway, Co. Kerry, growing everything from barley and oats to wheat, maize and beet.But like many farmers, Kevin says the sector is under growing pressure.

In the Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters podcast we've been finding out exactly what Irish farmers believe are the crucial issues when it comes to CAP.In this episode, we’re joined by Cavan dairy farmer James Speares - a man with decades of experience in farming and a strong interest in the future of Irish agriculture.A former Cavan Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) county chair, James has been a vocal advocate for production-linked CAP payments, arguing that support should go to the farmer actually producing the food, rather than simply to the landowner.While James has now passed the reins of the family farm to the next generation, he remains closely involved in farming and continues to follow the big issues shaping the sector.

In this episode of Agriland’s new podcast series we’re heading to Broadway in Co. Wexford to meet tillage farmer Nicky Keane.In the Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters podcast Nicky, who grows a range of cereals on his farm, shares his thoughts on some of the challenges facing the tillage sector and the important role tillage farming plays in the environment.He tell us that tillage is under severe pressure and that he believes the quality of Irish-grown grain deserves much greater recognition than it currently gets.In this podcast series we've been finding out exactly what Irish farmers believe are the crucial issues when it comes to CAP.Nicky talks us through the CAP supports he has availed of, including ACRES and the EIPs, and how these schemes fit into his farming system.

In this first episode of Agriland’s new podcast series we meet Dinny Galvin who has farmed the land at Aglish on the Dingle Peninsula for more than 40 years. Today, he milks around 40 dairy cows and keeps a flock of West Kerry Mountain sheep.In our new podcast series- Farm Conversations: Why CAP Matters- he tells Aisling O'Brien why CAP and other farm supports can make a real difference on Irish farms.