Agri-Business
Guidance on good practice during sprayer operations
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Horticulture
While people may be busy attending St. Patrick’s Day parades, March 17 has a different meaning for some potato farmers...
Tillage
Teagasc has said that potato growers must soil test to secure the use of added phosphate fertiliser this year. Without...
Rural Life
The average cost of a typical full Irish breakfast is higher now than it was 12 months ago, according to...
Tillage
A procedure known as ‘dynamic realignment’ could help secure seed potato supplies for Irish maincrop growers, according to the Irish...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is to seek immediate compensation from the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president, Francie Gorman, has been given a clear mandate by potato growers to organise protests outside...
Agri-Business
The body representing the all-island Irish whiskey industry is lobbying members of the US Congress for enhanced protections for the...
Agri-Business
An exemption to the crop diversification element of the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) 7 for 2024 has been...
Dairy
Both the output prices and input prices in the agriculture sector declined in the 12 months to January 2024, according...
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Agronomists are indicating that it may be more economical to manage thin winter cereal crops with reduced input, rather than...
Agri-Business
Dairygold has become the first dairy processor in Ireland to sign a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with one of...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
Agri-Business
Interest in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has focused substantially on the military and political situation, with some arguing that...
Tillage
Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Ciaran Collins, is advising growers to use plant counts to determine a management strategy for winter cereals....