Agri-Business
Country Crest to pay €88,000 after spray damage to apple orchard
Potato farm business Country Crest in north Co. Dublin has been ordered to pay over €88,000 to a neighbouring fruit...
Agri-Business
Potato farm business Country Crest in north Co. Dublin has been ordered to pay over €88,000 to a neighbouring fruit...
Tillage
A new chemistry to control fungal diseases in crops has just been announced. The joint breakthrough, by Syngenta Crop Protection...
Tillage
According to Teagasc research scientist Vijaya Bhaskar, there are five different brome types in Ireland, of direct interest to farmers:...
Tillage
The herbicide Cleranda can only be used with Clearfield varieties of winter oilseed rape, according to Teagasc. These are varieties...
Tillage
Teagasc has confirmed a significant increase in the area of oilseed rape planted this year – a 20% increase in...
Tillage News
Tillage farmers are being urged to review all their costs now amid the uncertainty over input prices, Teagasc tillage specialist,...
Tillage
Wet weather has prevented many farmers from making it to the field with the sprayer with a pre-emergence herbicide on...
Tillage
Tillage farmers across the country are making the most of the drier weather this week. While some farmers have continued...
Tillage
Many farmers are taking the opportunity to plant winter oilseed rape while weather conditions allow this week. The usual advice...
Tillage
In this installment of the Crops Watch series in association with TerraChem, Margaret Murphy gives some advice on controlling weeds...
Tillage
TerraChem agronomist, John Mulhare, intends to split the first herbicide application on this beet crop, as he does every year....
Tillage
Winter cereals are being drilled into the ground all over the country. The focus at present is on getting crops...
Tillage
Researchers in Newcastle University have used technology from human pregnancy tests to identify the level of herbicide resistance in blackgrass....
Tillage
The cut-off point for spring beans is nearing closer. While some growers will sow the crop into early April, many...
Opinion
The glyphosate issue seems to buck the trend when it comes to our farm industry leaders proclaiming that Irish agriculture...
N.Ireland
Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) plant scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat posed by Black Grass and...
Tillage
Late-sown spring barley crops will require treatment with herbicide to knock out weeds over the coming days. That is according...
Tillage
Most winter wheat crops have reached Growth Stage 32, according to Teagasc tillage advisor Marianne Mulhall. “This represents full flag...