Dairy
CSO: Agricultural output and input prices fall year-on-year
Both the output prices and input prices in the agriculture sector declined in the 12 months to January 2024, according...
Dairy
Both the output prices and input prices in the agriculture sector declined in the 12 months to January 2024, according...
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Agronomists are indicating that it may be more economical to manage thin winter cereal crops with reduced input, rather than...
Agri-Business
Dairygold has become the first dairy processor in Ireland to sign a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) with one of...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
Agri-Business
Interest in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has focused substantially on the military and political situation, with some arguing that...
Tillage
Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Ciaran Collins, is advising growers to use plant counts to determine a management strategy for winter cereals....
Dairy
Farmers opting to take phosphate and potash (P and K) holidays over recent years may well see this impact negatively...
Tillage
The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined for the seventh consecutive month in February, as lower international cereal quotations...
Tillage
The past fortnight has seen both Diageo and Boortmalt confirming their growing commitment to Ireland’s malting barley sector. The backdrop...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) deputy president, Alice Doyle, is calling on the government to fully support the tillage sector, adding...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are being urged to put a strategic plan in place, when it comes to tackling the 2024 spring...
Tillage
Teagasc has today (Wednesday, March 6), announced the launch of the Crop Report platform for farmers and farm advisors. The...
Tillage
Ongoing Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at ways of reducing the threat of mycotoxins within cereal crops....
Tillage News
The largest producer of malted barley in the world, Boortmalt and the largest purchaser of malted barley in Ireland Diageo,...
Agri-Business
Truly Grass Fed, a premium brand of sustainably-produced dairy products from the Tirlán stable, has expanded into a new category...