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There is still plenty of time to plant cover crops. Whether you are a participant in the Green Low-Carbon Agriculture Emissions Scheme (GLAS)…
Kevin O’Gorman was making light work of a crop of Bennington winter wheat in south Kildare this week. The O’Gorman brothers’ new John…
This week, Teagasc estimated the Irish cereal harvest at 2.1 million tonnes. This is behind the five-year average of 2.3 million tonnes. The…
Tillage farmers finally got to the fields last weekend and over the course of this week to harvest crops. With this more straw…
Next Tuesday, September 3, will see a major event take place on catch crops in Co. Wexford. Cover crop plots which were planted…
AgriLand received a flood of entries for the Harvest Photo Competition over the weekend as tillage farmers all over the country made use…
Straw is a sensitive matter this season. Many tillage farmers have opted to turn on the chopper, which costs about €6/ac. So, how…
Black-grass is a serious grass weed which has the ability to devastate the cereal industry in Ireland if it is not controlled. Just…
The rain of the past week resulted in a steady flow of entries to AgriLand‘s Harvest Photo Competition. From Co. Limerick to Co.…
As farmers keep an eye on grain markets, the term ‘bushels’ comes up very regularly. The phrase we associate with the US is…
Markets continued their downward trend this week as wheat and indeed other cereals are in plentiful supply globally. Strategie Grains revised EU wheat…
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has called on the Government to take action and “consider an embargo on Brazilian grains”. The IGGG…
The wet weather has left many people under pressure to get tillage crops cut around the country, particularly in the midlands where rain…
It has been highlighted that the heavy rainfall in recent weeks has “taken a high toll” on the harvest with a lot of…
There’s a lot more to creating a stale seedbed than just tilling up the ground. Knowing the grass weeds that need to be…
Reports over the past number of weeks on plantings and crop condition from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have baffled farmers…
The harvest has become a trying time for tillage farmers. Heavy rain showers have made cutting impossible in some areas, while others have…
AgriLand readers continue to send in their harvest pictures as part of the harvest photo competition. The shot at the top of the…
