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Cara Augustenborg’s presentation at the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society’s (ITLUS’s) conference on…
Cara Augustenborg would like to talk more about emissions from transport rather than agriculture. The environmental scientist spoke at the Irish Tillage and…
While wheat markets have shown increases over the past number of weeks it is important to proceed with caution when deciding on grain…
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has corrected the crop area figures which it released in September. At the time, the figures reported a…
MEPs on the EU’s Environment Committee want a reduction in pesticide use to become part of the the future of the CAP. Earlier…
Bill Callanan – chief agricultural inspector with the Department of Agriculture – acknowledged the low contribution that the tillage sector makes to climate…
“It’s a sector that I’ve been concerned about for some time,” that was how Gerry Boyle started his presentation on the Irish tillage…
Boortmalt’s expansion looks set to be on track to finish in the spring time and with that the plant will operate at a…
Teagasc estimates that 50% of last year’s winter cereal area has been planted to winter cereals this autumn. There is a massive decrease…
The average spring barley yield for the 2019 season was 8.0t/ha (3.24t/ac) – an increase of 0.2t/ha on the previous record of 7.8t/ha,…
The 2019 harvest report, published by Teagasc today, Monday, December 2, estimates that the production of cereals was 2.2 million tonnes in 2019.…
This week, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) estimates that 15-20% of the potato harvest is yet to be completed. The past few weeks…
This year, 35 first year students have opted to study tillage at Kildalton Agricultural College – that accounts for 27% of the students…
The rain of the past few weeks has stopped any further winter sowing and estimates now put winter cereal area at 50% of…
The Irish Tillage and Land Use Society (ITLUS) is celebrating 50 years in 2019 and over those years the tillage industry has faced…
Speaking at the New Generation Agriculture conference in Dunboyne Castle this week, Graeme Sait talked about the importance of humus in the soil.…
This year, Diageo will use approximately 140,000t of Irish barley across its entire range – that includes malt, barley for roasting and barley…
Prices for agricultural inputs such as feeding stuffs, fertiliser and fuel are set to decrease or remain steady in 2020, according to analysis…
