Machinery News
Lemken eases the transport of big furrow presses
With tractors and implements getting bigger, farmers are often up against the problem of excessive width when needing to move...
Machinery News
With tractors and implements getting bigger, farmers are often up against the problem of excessive width when needing to move...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is confirming that tillage land, on which a green cover crop...
Tillage
Tillage farmers need to start thinking about how to manage buffer strips in accordance with the next Common Agricultural Policy...
Tillage News
Earlier this week a group of Irish tillage farmers visited the Yonne region of eastern France to gauge the state...
Tillage
The 2018 published book A History of Ploughing in Co. Galway is a must read for anyone with an interest...
Tillage
Competition ploughing is all about getting back to basics, rekindling skills that have been handed down over many generations. Many...
Sheep Technical
Reseeding land is not the solution to a heavily infected worm pasture, farmers were told at a sheep walk recently....
Rural Life
A research team based at University College Cork (UCC) is seeking volunteers from the farming community in Ireland as part...
CAP / Schemes
Independent TD Carol Nolan has called for greater clarity and engagement on the potential introduction of a ploughing ban and...
Opinion
I would like to offer my heartiest congratulations to the members of the Irish ploughing team; they have made the...
Rural Life
A Co. Wexford native has retained his title at this year’s European Ploughing Championships, according to the European Ploughing Federation....
National Ploughing Championships
By Gordon Deegan The company that operates the National Ploughing Championships (the Ploughing) recorded combined losses of €1.25 million during...
N.Ireland
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) in the UK has released its latest survey of contracting prices. Not surprisingly,...
Rural Life
It has been confirmed that Ireland will host this year’s World Ploughing Contest in Ratheniska, Co. Laois on September 21...
Tillage Technical
Grassland used for the recently announced, Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) must be inherently fertile. That’s according to the most recent...
Tillage
The new Tillage Incentive Scheme is expected to lead to an increase in cereals planted after long-term permanent pasture. Barley...
Rural Life
The World Ploughing Contest 2022, which was set to be held in Russia in August, has been cancelled after that...
Machinery Focus
10 years ago, researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire in the UK set out on a long-term project to...