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As the chemical tools in plant protection reduce and others inevitably lose effectiveness over…
Cover crops, catch crops, forage crops – it’s the time of year for them. On this week’s Teagasc Tillage Edge Podcast, Richie Hackett…
The Drummonds’ trial site in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, is a massive asset to the company’s growers and agronomists. Brian Reilly runs independent trials…
Straw price is still hard to get a handle on, but one thing that is clear is that yields are back dramatically and…
Researchers at an Irish university are assessing the level of exposure of glyphosate to farmers and their families. Ireland’s bioMonitoring Assessment of Glyphosate…
Rain this week meant that little harvesting took place here in Ireland and many winter barley crops are now at the stage where…
The agreement between the government, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) to increase the amount of…
Many readers may have sampled this season’s crop of Queens and while tuber numbers are reported to be down slightly the quality is…
When combines return to the fields it might be a good idea to take note of grass weeds you see on your travels…
Irish tillage farmers’ expenditures help to keep “jobs and incomes in rural communities” according to a new report. This finding was published in…
The European Commission released a more positive yield outlook for summer crops in this month’s MARS Bulletin published on July 27. The report…
This week, Teagasc released some yields from the winter barley harvest so far and as AgriLand has detailed over the past few weeks…
‘Specialist’ tillage farmers (i.e. farmers that generate more than two‐thirds of their farm revenue from crop production) are much more reliant on rented…
Barley accounts for over half (57%) of all tillage crops planted in Ireland, followed by wheat (19%) and oats (7%). The finding was…
Ireland has the fourth highest average land rental costs in Europe; coming after the Netherlands, Denmark and Austria. This finding – from Eurostat…
Farmers in England are set to benefit from a reduced administrative burden next year, as the government plans to end ‘greening requirements’ and…
Secondary growth – it’s the conversation starter among tillage farmers these days. “What are we going to do with all this secondary growth?”…
The International Grains Council (IGC) cut its global wheat production forecast last week. The IGC reduced its forecast by 5.6 million tonnes, bringing…
