Young Stock Podcast: live from the Intro to Ag fair with Kaleb Cooper

For this week’s episode, Sarah McIntosh chats to Kaleb Cooper and others at the ‘Intro to Ag’ fair in the Aviva Stadium. Main: This week’s Young Stock Podcast was recorded live at the Aviva Stadium, where finalists gathered for the ‘Intro to Ag’ fair. The new ‘Intro to Ag’ Transition Year (TY) programme was developed by Agri Aware and the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) two years ago to encourage students to consider studying agricultural science as a Leaving Certificate subject. Sarah McIntosh spoke to Gráinne McGrath, the LOETB training officer in Agriculture, about the programme's importance and its impact. Farmer and TV personality Kaleb Cooper joins Sarah to discuss the opportunities for young people in the sector and why farming is an essential job, as people need to eat three times a day Some of the students who were displaying their final projects on the day also chatted to Sarah about their topics and interest in agriculture. Martin Merrick joins Sarah to discuss rational and irrational fears, as well as what they are looking forward to at Grass 2026, the Irish Farmers Journal event taking place on Wednesday, 29 April in Co Kilkenny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Young Stock Podcast: live from the Intro to Ag fair with Kaleb Cooper is an episode from Irish Farmers Journal Weekly Podcast by Irish Farmers Journal.

This episode is 36:56 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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