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Grain prices were in the green from early this week. The MATIF for March…
Using organic manures on your tillage farm isn’t as simple as just spreading and incorporating. Dermot Forristal outlined some of the challenges farmers…
Straw is still in demand and there seems to be many farmers selling good quality straw from the shed this year. Prices are…
In recent weeks and months, suspected botulism has caused serious problems on Irish farms. It is on the minds of many and was…
Beet Ireland and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) held a public meeting in Cahir House Hotel, Co. Tipperary, last week (Thursday, December 6),…
7,800 sprayer certification labels have been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to approved equipment inspectors since 2015. Approximately…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has begun inspecting crops planted under the fodder production incentive measure and payments are to…
Teagasc released its ‘Annual Review and Outlook 2019’ report this week. 2018 will no doubt be remembered as a year of low cereal…
Last week AgriLand reported the World Meteorological Association’s (WMO’s) prediction that there is a 75-80% chance of an El Nino forming in the…
Yield and production estimates for the main cereal crops and potatoes in Northern Ireland show barley in the region bucked the UK trend,…
This year saw a significant drop nationally in the number of exceedances – in treated water – of the pesticide drinking water quality…
December 5 marks World Soil Day. Organised by the United Nations, the theme of this year’s World Soil Day is: ‘Be the solution…
Potato prices dropped this week having remained stable over the majority of the harvest season. Prices had remained stable for the month of…
We have just witnessed one of the driest summers and autumns in many years. Tillage farmers hardly know themselves, as winter crops went…
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are starting to look a lot less attractive than they have all year. On Wednesday (November 28) SMDs were…
The wheat harvest in South America is underway and so far yields in Argentina are up on last year. As of November 21,…
The potato industry in Ireland is a volatile sector, with small increases in potato consumption. O’Shea Farms is one of Ireland’s largest suppliers…
National Farmers’ Union deputy president Guy Smith has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Arable Conference. The 2019 Arable Conference…
