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Young Stock Podcast: work-life balance and future of farming
Stephen Robb
This week, Stephen Robb talks to Donal O’Neill, ingredients sales manager with Camida, about college, working in the UK, GAA success and the future of farming
25 January 2025 Markets
How much can I pay for a dairy beef calf?
Adam Woods takes a look at doing a dairy beef budget and what price can be paid for calves this spring
22 January 2025 Calves
Big push to finish in Ballyvadin
Padraig French, Nicky Byrne and Chloe Millar take a look at performance to date on the Ballyvadin dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary.
Young Stock Podcast: the future of farm succession
Macra president Elaine Houlihan joins us on this week’s Young Stock Podcast to talk farm succession and the potential for a farm retirement scheme.
20 January 2025 News
Young Stock Podcast: from sheep shearing to machinery sales
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Meath Farm Machinery sales consultant Andrew Bonham about everything from shearing sheep at an international level to tractor sales.
7 January 2025 News
Young Stock Podcast: milking 1,200 cows and spending Christmas in Australia
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Sarah McIntosh speaks to primary school teacher Katie Helen, who has just completed her regional work on a 1,200-cow enterprise in Australia.
23 December 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: ‘Irish farmers like to talk, just like Kansas farmers’
Madeline Drake from Kansas State University joins us on the Young Stock Podcast this week to talk farming, agricultural communications and Donald Trump.
16 December 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: working on a 2,500-cow farm in New Zealand
Our guest on this week's Young Stock Podcast is dairy farmer James Higgins from Co Wexford.
9 December 2024 Podcast
Young Stock podcast: the Dolphin rearing heifers in east Galway
This week, Noel Bardon is joined by Shane Dolphin, who discusses the red tape facing young farmers and the key areas he is investing in to get a leased farm up and going.
2 December 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: less fertiliser, more clover, more success
This week on the show, we chat to dairy farmer Brendan Walsh from Co Tipperary.
25 November 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: covering EU policy for Swedish farmers
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, James Hanly held an international call with an EU policy journalist from Sweden’s largest agricultural newspaper, Kristina Hansén.
11 November 2024 Podcast
Five tips for reducing pneumonia risk in cattle
As mild weather increases the risk of pneumonia in housed cattle, outlined are some tips to help reduce the risk of such problems on farm.
5 November 2024 Management