Tillage
Spring oilseed rape variety options for 2018
Oilseed rape may be a good option for many farmers this spring. The poor weather last autumn resulted in many...
Tillage
Oilseed rape may be a good option for many farmers this spring. The poor weather last autumn resulted in many...
Environment
Two million water samples over the past nine years, six catchments and 300 farmers; you might not have heard about...
Tillage
Tillage farmers will not be scapegoated again with another hare-brained scheme, according to the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG). The...
Tillage
Light leaf spot has been found in many crops of winter oilseed rape. The disease can significantly impact on yield...
Tillage
Winter wheat often undergoes hardship; perhaps even more so this season, as growers scrambled to plant crops when weather conditions...
Tillage
Sugar beet growers and the former sugar processor Greencore are set to be reimbursed following a miscalculation of levies. The...
Agri-Business
It is believed that Bord na Mona is working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set...
Tillage
Boortmalt is broadening its growing area. With the expansion of its plant in Athy, Co. Kildare to go ahead this...
Tillage
The Lemken ‘demo day’ is the latest event to be rescheduled due to the ‘Beast from the East’. The major...
Tillage
Slugs can cause major problems on tillage farms, according to Markus Bieri. However, speaking at the Irish Tillage and Land...
Tillage
The recommended list for malting barley was reintroduced in 2011 and growers and malsters are seeing the benefits. The list...
Tillage
It may be snowing outside and fertiliser spreading seems a long time away; but now is the perfect time to...
Tillage
It appears that the demand for straw has decreased and prices have dropped back in most parts of the country....
Tillage
Aoife Hearne – a dietitian – stated that potatoes are a carbohydrate hero because they have so much to offer....
Tillage
Baling straw in February isn’t the norm. However, many tillage farmers were wrapping up the 2017 harvest at the weekend....
Tillage
Producing distilling barley is a bit like backing a middle-of-the-road horse. It might get over the line, but there’s a...
Agri-Business
Used equipment from Ireland’s closed sugar factories in Mallow, Co. Cork and Carlow have aided the resurgence of the sugar...
Tillage
“The tillage sector is the most carbon neutral farming sector. It is the good kid in the class when it...