Beef
Barley is often the amongst the main ingredients of the beef cattle finisher rations used on Irish...
Tillage
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released the final estimate of UK 2025 cereal and oilseed harvest.
Oats have never been considered much of an option for finishing beef cattle, as rolled barley has always been considered the answer.
The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has launched its 2026/2027 recommended lists of cereals and oilseeds online.
Rothamsted scientists have identified a natural, in-built, defence mechanism against Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV).
The latest edition of Teagasc’s 'Tillage Edge' podcast focuses on the outcome of the 2025 harvest and the subsequent autumn planting season.
Irish Seed Trade Association president, Tim O’Donovan, is indicating that the autumn planting season could continue until early December
AHDB is projecting an almost 30% increase in the UK’s planted area of oilseed rape for 2025/26, relative to the previous year
Teagasc has just published its 2025 autumn crop planting estimates in tandem with the end-of-season harvest figures.
Teagasc has just published its 2025 Harvest Report, covering all of the combinable crops grown in Ireland, including oilssed rape and beans
Teagasc is indicating that the area dedicated to hybrid rye in 2025/26 may come in at around 5,000ha: up from the 3,000ha previously recorded
The Scottish government has published its first production estimates for Harvest 2025, covering: barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape.
The Department of Environment, Food and and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the initial grain and oilseed harvest estimates for England
The Agricultural and Horticultural Board (AHDB) is confirming that UK Harvest 2025 is almost wrapped up in most regions
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed that the total area dedicated to cereals in England has risen
Growers in Northern Ireland are confirming second wheat yields in the region of 3.5t/ac at around 16% moisture.
Pig/Poultry
According to Teagasc pig prices took a "huge hit" this past month, with an unprecedented 20 cent/kg drop over a fortnight.
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its latest crop development report for the UK.
Concerns have been voiced that Boortmalt plans to "cut distilling, malting barley contracts in the middle of the growing season".
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming an increase in the UK wheat area for 2025
Agri-Business
Production of wheat, barley, and oats decreased by 1.4%in 2024 when compared with 2023, according to data released by the CSO today (May 27).
Tillage specialists are concerned at reports of tillage farmers mis-using Proline and generic prothioconazole fungicides on spring barley
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published its latest cereal and oilseed rape crop update for the UK.
