Tillage
High-quality maize harvest set to start a week earlier than usual
Mark Hosford expects farmers to be cutting maize in east Cork in the last week in September. The area manager...
Tillage
Mark Hosford expects farmers to be cutting maize in east Cork in the last week in September. The area manager...
Tillage
INARI is a plant-breeding company in the US which counts gene-editing among the technologies it uses. The company launched in...
Tillage
Although the concept of growing forage crops may be a novelty for dairy farmers, beef and sheep farmers have successfully...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Lowry is hopeful that the World Ploughing Championships will be hosted by Tipperary in 2021, according to...
Tillage
Kerry County Council is apparently investigating the controversial weedkiller Roundup and its uses, and will examine possible alternatives for the...
Tillage
German grain production is at its lowest since 1993. The German Farmers’ Association (DBV) has estimated a 22% drop in...
Tillage
Many people hear the word biotechnology and they tune out; they think it’s too complicated. They choose to listen to...
Tillage
The 2018 harvest is drawing to a close and growers are completing their crop planning for next season. Among the...
Tillage
Markets took a turn downwards this week. Having recovered last Friday (August 17), prices began to drop at the beginning...
N.Ireland
When Portglenone farmer Damien McAllister was sowing his pollinator strip as part of an environmental scheme, he did not think...
Agri-Business
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer – the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller – has come out swinging following the...
Tillage
The early harvest this season makes it an ideal year for planting winter oilseed rape. The crop – which may...
Grass
Healthy soils are said to be the engine driving production on any farm; but just how much could poor soil...
Agri Politics
Grain merchants and large co-ops “must stop hiding” behind “the defunct” malting barley price deal recently agreed between Boortmalt and...
Tillage
Quinns of Baltinglass is offering oilseed rape contracts for 2019. The contract price is €380/t when delivered at 9% moisture...
Rural Life
Two combine harvester drivers were arrested in a tillage field in Co. Wexford earlier today (Tuesday, August 21), according to...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are currently planning crop acreages and varieties for the coming season. Last season, a derogation from the three-crop...
Tillage
Paul Brophy is one of a small number of large-scale broccoli growers in the country. His vegetable business is solely...