Tillage
Tillage: When is a winter cereal not a winter cereal?
Defining what is actually constituted by a winter cereal is an issue that Irish cereal growers may well be facing...
Spring Cereals
Tillage Technical
How to control weeds in spring cereal crops
All crops are now responding well to the improved weather conditions that have impacted across the country over the past...
Tillage
DAFM: Spring cereal recommended lists for 2023
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published its spring cereal recommended lists for 2023. Wheat, barley...
Tillage
Tillage advice: T2 spraying of spring cereals now a priority
In terms of tillage advice, Drummonds agronomists are strongly recommending that spring barley growers get on with their T2 spraying...
Tillage
Potash deficiency in spring cereals - keep an eye out
Teagasc is strongly advising tillage farmers to be on the lookout for potash deficiency in spring cereals. The disorder is...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Establishment rates of 85% for spring cereals
Teagasc has hosted a number of farm walks over recent weeks, at which establishment rates of over 85% have been...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Now is the last chance to plant spring cereal crops
Farmers wishing to plant spring cereal crops this year have a week, or thereabouts, to get the job completed. Otherwise,...
Tillage
Keep an eye on these varieties...
2020 spring cereal crops still have a long way to go before harvest, but knowing the seed availability for the...
Tillage
Crop walking: Managing deficiencies on challenging Wexford soils
Tim Sheil is an agronomist with Bolgers Agri. He walks crops along much of the Co. Wexford coastline from Kilmore...
Tillage
Arable April: Ploughs, drills, rollers and more...
As the amount of land left to be planted across the country gets smaller the focus is turning to fertiliser,...
Tillage
Tillage focus: Losing tillage land is 'illogical'
In this week’s Tillage Focus, AgriLand caught with Bobby Miller (over the phone). The Co. Laois man has been busy...
Tillage
Arable April: Tillage farmers tell their story...
Readers are sending in their pictures for Arable April in their droves; the competition is heating up. Since the beginning...
Tillage
Getting the right seed rate in your spring cereals
Spring sowing is underway in many parts of the country. Seed rate should take in a number of factors including...
Tillage
Machinery out in small numbers...February was wettest on record
A small number of tillage farmers have made their way to the fields this week in drier parts of the...
Tillage
Replanting cereals...a last resort
Replanting isn’t a word that tillage farmers like to use, but unfortunately it will be carried out this spring in...
Tillage
Tillage management: Keep an eye on nitrogen rates on spring cereals
Fertiliser spreaders were busy travelling all roads of the country before rain hit this week. As spring crops receive nitrogen...
Tillage
'ArableApril': See what tillage farmers are up to across the country
Readers are busy in the tillage fields these days, but are finding time to send in some pictures to AgriLand...
Tillage
Huge variation in thousand grain weight...take note when sowing
AgriLand recently published a reminder on how to calculate seed rate. Knowing the thousand grain weight (TGW) is essential in...