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Recommended lists: What spring barley will you plant in 2020?

January 8, 2020

The spring cereal recommended lists were published by the Department of Agriculture on January 7. No new spring barley varieties were added to…

Harvest update: Majority harvested in east Cork

September 5, 2019

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The harvest is all but wrapped up around Middleton, Co. Cork. AgriLand spoke to Mark Hosford and Laura O’Connell of Southern Fuels and…

Harvest pics: Plenty of action these days

August 27, 2019

Tillage

AgriLand received a flood of entries for the Harvest Photo Competition over the weekend as tillage farmers all over the country made use…

More varieties on show at Seedtech open day

July 7, 2019

Tillage

Seedtech showed off the latest varieties on its books last Wednesday, July 3. The company known for hybrid barley gave the attendance a…

Get the sprayer out for fungicides…not BYDV

June 16, 2019

Tillage

There are plenty of yellow leaves showing up in spring barley crops across the country; particularly in the last week. The issue raises…

Rain will push spring barley to final fungicide timing

June 7, 2019

Tillage

The rain in the past number of days was welcomed by spring barley crops which had been beginning to struggle in the dry…

CROPS WATCH: Disease present in spring barley…T1 due

May 18, 2019

Tillage

Volunteer forage rape was under control in the field of spring barley featuring in this season’s CROPS WATCH series. TerraChem agronomist John Mulhare…

Keeping disease at bay in spring barley crops

May 15, 2019

Tillage

There is rhynchosporium present in some spring barley crops across the country and early control is key, as it is essential to protect…

CROPS WATCH: Controlling volunteers in spring barley

May 1, 2019

Tillage

Many spring barley crops are due their first spray of the season in the coming days or when the weather allows. This year…

Plenty of aphids about, but March sowing has reduced risk

April 30, 2019

Tillage

Aphids are a topic on many people’s minds at the minute. In the past number of years Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) –…

‘ArableApril’: Cereals area declines by 40,000ha in 4 years

April 4, 2019

Tillage

The area under cereals in this country declined by almost 40,000ha from 2015 to 2018 – from 292,400ha in 2015 to 253,000ha in…

Watch: Sowing malting barley in Co. Laois…what’s involved?

March 15, 2019

Tillage

Seamus Duggan is a malting barley grower from Co. Laois. FarmLand paid a visit while he was planting Laureate spring barley for Waterford…

Tillage management: Get off to a good start and calculate seed rate

February 27, 2019

Tillage

Many tillage farmers have seed drills out this week. Many more are ordering seed, whichever job you are doing be sure to get…

Reducing the risk of brackling…a farmer’s view

February 11, 2019

Tillage

As spring barley varieties increase in yield other factors can become problematic. Brackling is one such problem and can cause serious losses at…

Big yield ‘Prospect’ at the top of the spring barley list

January 3, 2019

Tillage

11 varieties made it onto the recommended and provisionally recommended spring barley variety lists for the 2019 season. The lists were published last…

Harvest update: Beans will be held up by the protein payment

September 3, 2018

Tillage

The harvest is still dragging on in some parts of the country. At the time of going to print, a good few pockets…

Boortmalt adjusts protein limits

July 30, 2018

Tillage

Boortmalt has adjusted its malting barley protein specifications for this year’s harvest. Malting barley supplied to the company can now have a protein…

3 spring barley varieties coming from Seedtech

July 11, 2018

Tillage

Seedtech’s hybrid barley varieties are often the talking point of the company’s open day. But, at this year’s event, it was winter wheat…

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