Rural Life
European Ploughing Contest 2019 launched in Wexford
The 36th European Ploughing Contest has been launched in Co. Wexford ahead of the 2019 season. Taking place at a...
Rural Life
The 36th European Ploughing Contest has been launched in Co. Wexford ahead of the 2019 season. Taking place at a...
Tillage
The early part of last week allowed for some fieldwork in drier parts of the country, as ploughing was being...
Tillage
‘From little acorns mighty oak trees grow.’ That well known phrase isn’t a bad description of what happened to John...
Tillage
Grain prices were in the green from early this week. The MATIF for March 2019 moved to €191.25/t on Thursday....
Tillage
Using organic manures on your tillage farm isn’t as simple as just spreading and incorporating. Dermot Forristal outlined some of...
Tillage
Straw is still in demand and there seems to be many farmers selling good quality straw from the shed this...
Tillage
In recent weeks and months, suspected botulism has caused serious problems on Irish farms. It is on the minds of...
Tillage
Beet Ireland and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) held a public meeting in Cahir House Hotel, Co. Tipperary, last week...
Tillage
7,800 sprayer certification labels have been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to approved equipment inspectors...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has begun inspecting crops planted under the fodder production incentive measure and...
Tillage
Teagasc released its ‘Annual Review and Outlook 2019’ report this week. 2018 will no doubt be remembered as a year...
Tillage
Last week AgriLand reported the World Meteorological Association’s (WMO’s) prediction that there is a 75-80% chance of an El Nino...
Tillage
Yield and production estimates for the main cereal crops and potatoes in Northern Ireland show barley in the region bucked...
Tillage
This year saw a significant drop nationally in the number of exceedances – in treated water – of the pesticide...
Beef
December 5 marks World Soil Day. Organised by the United Nations, the theme of this year’s World Soil Day is:...
Tillage
Potato prices dropped this week having remained stable over the majority of the harvest season. Prices had remained stable for...
Tillage
We have just witnessed one of the driest summers and autumns in many years. Tillage farmers hardly know themselves, as...
Environment
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are starting to look a lot less attractive than they have all year. On Wednesday (November...