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A boat from north Africa has recently arrived in Belview Port, Co. Waterford. It is understood the boat is loaded with 16,000t of…
Yara Ireland has recently appointed Alan Turkington to the position of area manager for Northern Ireland. According to a statement from Yara, Turkington comes…
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that have been grown on his farm this…
Wheat price has the potential to rise. Short supplies and big weather events will drive that rise. That’s according to Dan Basse, president…
Aphid numbers are low this October. Recent frosty mornings have no doubt contributed to this. Counts from unsprayed winter barley in Teagasc Oak…
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit would be “an immense political failure on both sides of the equation”. That’s what Prof. Michael Wallace told delegates at…
2018 has been a difficult year for potato farmers. Late sowing, a drought and now a late harvest all added to the woes.…
Reduced areas planted and reduced yields have led to what look like tightened supplies of potatoes this year – though it is too…
Anyone currently sowing winter cereals on soil with a phosphorus (P) index of 1 or 2 can still apply P fertiliser to the…
In the first of the ‘Farm Smart’ series, we head west to the farm of Eoin Burns. Farming in Corofin, Co. Galway, Eoin runs…
AgriLand has teamed up with Herdwatch – a Co. Tipperary-based company – to bring you an informative and innovative three-part series – Farm…
Potato prices have taken a massive jump from this time last year. Rooster prices have increased by more than €200/box in some cases.…
Teagasc and Boortmalt have joined forces for the next three years. The aim of the project is to make malting barley as profitable…
19,400ha of forage crops have been planted under the Fodder Production Incentive Measure for tillage farmers. Many more crops have been planted outside…
While markets didn’t move in any way dramatically during the week, one way they did move was down. Wheat on the LIFFE (November),…
Cereals, roots and pulses remain at the top of the world’s dietary choices. However, obesity rates are increasing and 45.9% of the food…
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are almost back to normal across the country. On well-drained and moderately-drained soils, the majority of soils are carrying…
As part of the Teagasc/Boortmalt malting barley joint programme, Boortmalt suppliers can avail of soil samples at a reduced rate of €10/sample, down…
