N.Ireland
'Winter crop development is still progressing' - CAFRE
College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers...
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers...
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has just published a crops update for Northern Ireland. It relates...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Ciaran Collins, is advising growers to use plant counts to determine a management strategy for winter cereals....
Tillage
March beckons and tillage farmers will be keen to kick-on with the management priorities associated with winter cereal crops, planted...
Tillage
Defining what is actually constituted by a winter cereal is an issue that Irish cereal growers may well be facing...
N.Ireland
It has been estimated that cereal growers in Northern Ireland have succeeded in getting no more than 50% of the...
Tillage
Slug damage is evident in many crops this autumn with wet weather being the primary factor in this regard, according...
Tillage
Autumn planting will be delayed again this year as many fields are close to saturation point as a result of recent heavy...
Tillage
Winter wheat has responded well in the last few weeks to the weather conditions and the application of nitrogen (N)...
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crops advisor, Leigh McClean, is recommending that farmers should apply second nitrogen...
N.Ireland
The latest crops update from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland has confirmed the...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc is advising that fertiliser application on winter cereals will be the priority over the coming days. There are large...
Tillage
Growers should “walk all winter crops” as soon possible, Teagasc tillage specialist Shay Phelan has warned. Phelan expects that growers...
Opinion
I have listened to a lot of polite conversations recently, involving Teagasc tillage advisors and crop consultants regarding the state...
Tillage
New data from Corteva Agriscience has shown that farmers can achieve excellent levels of control of volunteer oats in the...
Tillage Technical
Despite the return of the rain and cooler conditions, a large area of winter cereals has been planted out in...
Tillage
An increased area of winter oilseed rape will be achieved this season – possibly up to 20,000ha according to the...