Tillage
IFA occupies department over clarification on tillage crisis fund
An occupation of the Department of Agriculture is underway as members of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) Grain Committee demand...
Tillage
An occupation of the Department of Agriculture is underway as members of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) Grain Committee demand...
N.Ireland
There is the potential for increased demand for barley in the Spanish market after dryness was experienced across key growing...
Tillage
Concerns over the use of certain plant protection products are among a range of issues set to affect the Irish...
Tillage
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a strategy used to control pests and diseases in crops and Teagasc’s Brian Duggan believes...
Machinery
A new electric-drive air seeder for grass seed, cover crops and oilseed rape has been launched by UK agri equipment supplier...
Tillage
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will...
Tillage
Oilseed rape (OSR) is traditionally sown in 125mm rows at a seeding rate of 50-80 seeds/m². However, recent interest in...
Tillage
Power grazing aims to increase soil fertility and organic matter (OM) in soils, according to Tim May, a UK-based arable...
Tillage
A weed-killing machine that pulverises weed seeds upon harvest could be a huge step in reducing the amount of chemicals...
Tillage
The variety of winter wheat you choose to sow can have an impact on how much disease is going to...
Tillage
Over 3,000 people attended the Crops and Cultivation open day at Teagasc Oak Park earlier this week. The profitability challenge...
Tillage
Farmers have been urged to give careful consideration to the fertilisers they use to grow tillage crops, as soil fertility...
Tillage
A recently-established project in Teagasc Oak Park is using the latest technologies available to identify the nitrogen requirements of cereal...
Tillage
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is a real talking point for tillage farmers this year, particularly those involved in feed...
Tillage
Anyone who grew up on or had a close connection to a tillage farm, may have spent many an evening...
Machinery
Crop enthusiasts from home and abroad turned out to Teagasc Oak Park, which played host to the ‘Crops & Cultivation 2017‘...
Tillage
The profitability challenge facing Irish tillage farmers was at the centre of all discussions and demonstrations at Teagasc’s Crops and Cultivation 2017 open...
Agri-Business
It has recently been revealed that ChemChina’s $43 billion takeover of Swiss Company Syngenta has now been officially completed. ChemChina originally...