Tillage
Winter cereals 2023 - time to take stock
According to Teagasc tillage advisors, not enough winter cereals have been drilled up to the present time. Farmers across the...
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...
Tillage
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published the provisional results from it’s ‘Early Bird’ planting survey for autumn...
Tillage
The latest edition of the Tillage Edge podcast addresses the impact of the very wet autumn season on tillage farms...
Tillage News
Newtowncunningham drystock and tillage farmer, Peter Lynch, will host a crop walk on Thursday next, November 16. Those attending will...
Tillage Focus
The dry spell at the end of September and early October allowed contractor, Darren Russell, to plant a 20ac crop...
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Teagasc tillage specialists are reporting a north-south split in terms of autumn planting of cereal crops in recent weeks. Surprisingly,...
Tillage
Teagasc and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) are indicating that up to 100 farmers around the country still have 2023...
Tillage Technical
There is evidence of slug damage in many cereal and oilseed rape crops this autumn, according to Teagasc tillage advisors....
Tillage Technical
Research has confirmed that mid-October is the optimal time to sow winter wheat crops under Irish conditions. Teagasc tillage specialist,...
Tillage News
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new...
Tillage
With the harvest of 2023 still not complete in some areas, we are now quickly approaching the start of the...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published the 2024 recommended lists for winter wheat and oats....
Tillage
With fast-improving soil conditions as a result of the recent good weather, many tillage farmers may push to plant winter...
Tillage Technical
According to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the winter wheat harvest in Great Britain is starting to pick...
Tillage
Co. Down agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete with many growers...
N.Ireland
Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers has confirmed that 90% of Northern Ireland’s winter barley crop has yet to be...