N.Ireland
Little winter crop sown on farms - CAFRE
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
N.Ireland
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
Tillage
Recent weeks have been marked by the confirmation that the carbon footprint of Irish tillage is exceptionally low. This is...
N.Ireland
Agricultural contractor, Darren Russell, is confirming that umbilical systems come into their own during the early weeks of the slurry...
Tillage
Last year was more of a septoria year than a yellow rust year for winter wheat but what could 2024...
Tillage
Teagasc has again highlighted the issue of seed availability as the factor that will drive tillage planning in 2024. Ireland’s...
Tillage
Teagasc is strongly advising tillage farmers to plan their spring plantings campaigns as a matter of priority as seed becomes...
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming the importance for grain growers to get on with weed control measures in winter cereal crops, as...
Tillage
The history books will show that late spring plantings set the scene for all of the challenges that followed on...
Tillage
The opportunity to successfully grow winter malting barley is regarded as a game changer by Co. Donegal tillage farmer, Peter...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has highlighted a number of fieldwork priorities for tillage farmers, which should be addressed in...
Tillage
The recently published National Farm Survey (NFS) for 2022 provides a detailed breakdown of how the tillage sector performed during...
Tillage
For those cereal crops currently in the ground, almost all are in need of attention, where weed control is concerned....
Tillage
Drummonds’ agronomist, Brian Reilly, has confirmed that winter crop plantings in the north-east are down by approximately 50%, year-on-year. “This...
Tillage
According to Teagasc tillage advisors, not enough winter cereals have been drilled up to the present time. Farmers across the...
Tillage
Getting the early agronomy of winter crops right is crucial a recent tillage conference heard. Seedtech director, Dr. Tim O’Donovan,...
Tillage
Winter cereal planting levels are down by an estimated 40%, year-on-year, according to Seedtech technical director, Dr. Tim O’Donovan. “This...