Tillage
Tillage management: Is your chemical store in order?
The recent snow has left land in very wet conditions. Therefore, now might be the time to catch up on...
Tillage
The recent snow has left land in very wet conditions. Therefore, now might be the time to catch up on...
Beef
Demand for straw looks to be outstripping supply. 4X4 round bales of straw are costing as much as €40 in...
Tillage
Boortmalt’s malting barley package for 2018 has been agreed. The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) deputy president, Richard Kennedy, described the...
Tillage
The European Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted on the criteria which determine endocrine disruptors...
Tillage
RTK Farming has become a distributor for a robotic weeder. The ‘Oz weeding robot’ is a product of French company Naio...
Tillage
The area of land sown under sugar beet in the UK has increased and crop yields of 100t/ha have been...
Tillage
A vote is expected to take place on the future of neonicotinoids – the most widely-used insecticide in the world...
Tillage
Straw prices, while still high, have come down slightly. More straw seems to be available on the market at present....
Machinery
20 Horsch Leeb sprayers have been sold in Ireland over the past 30 months. Prices for this particular sprayer range...
Tillage
Teagasc outlined a number of predictions for the Irish tillage sector in its Annual Review and Outlook 2018 report, which...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is believed to be considering the introduction of new ploughing regulations telling...
Tillage
Teagasc launched its Annual Review and Outlook 2018 report earlier this week. The document gave a break down of all...
Beef
“There is a fodder crisis and an urgent response is needed from the Minister for Agriculture.” That was the most...
Tillage
Can you imagine a sprayer that identifies weeds and decides on the most appropriate chemical and rate to apply? Bayer...
Tillage
‘Non-metal tools of tillage farming’ is the theme of this year’s Irish Tillage and Land Use Society (ITLUS) conference. The...
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) took its protest inside the Guinness Storehouse on Monday (December 4). The IGGG has...
Rural Life
All corners of Ireland have been sending in their well wishes following the announcement of the Irish team’s results over...
Tillage
Under the regulations of the Nitrates Directive, farmers can begin ploughing – without establishing a green cover – after December...