Tillage
Today marks the last day of Arable April and what a month it has been. Our readers embraced the opportunity to tell the tillage story.
We are now in the the last week of Arable April and pictures continue to fly in from our readers from Co. Laois to Co. Meath to New Zealand.
As Arable April continues on AgriLand the tillage story unfolds. As the month progresses we can see jobs changing.
The wheat is being irrigated on Whyte Brothers' Farm; not the potatoes. Rain is needed in the north east where the farm spans three counties.
'ArabeApril' has drawn to a close and we at AgriLand HQ had a tough job deciding on the winning shots. Tillage farmers came out in force.
The rain provided some time for tillage farmers to send in plenty of 'ArableApril' pictures. This week there was plenty of vintage activity.
The Easter weekend was a busy one, particularly for maize and beet as farmers got planting for winter forage supplies.
'ArableApril' is drawing to a close and AgriLand is encouraging readers to send in their pictures for the last week.
Agri-Business
Plenty of readers kept pictures coming in for 'ArableApril' this week. Ploughing, sowing, spraying and spreading fertiliser were on the agenda.
A total of 3,081 farmers claimed over 30ha of tillage ground in 2018 according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
While AgriLand received plenty of snaps of machinery working in fields last week, we also received some good updates on crop growth stages.
Readers are busy in the tillage fields these days, but are finding time to send in some pictures to AgriLand for #ArableApril.
The area under cereals in this country declined by almost 40,000ha from 2015 to 2018 - from 292,400ha in 2015 to 253,000ha in 2018.
Veganuary, Februdairy and now 'ArableApril'. IGGG wants to get a discussion going on the Irish tillage sector.
