Tillage
Three-quarters of Cork tillage farmer Ted O’Leary’s acreage is winter barley, which would be more if not for crop diversification rules
It is crop type that will actively determine uptake levels of ‘growth boosting microbes’, rather than the makeup of the soils they grow in.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its planting and variety survey for 2026.
The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed a general decline in the condition of combinable crops
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming the continuing commitment of GB compounders to barley
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) global grain consumption will grow in 2026/2027.
Rothamsted Research is confirming a key breakthrough in developing a ‘gene edited’ barley, which can be specifically used for whole cropping
Winter cereals have, for the most part, stood up well to the recent wet weather with palnt numbers high in many crops.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is reporting that May-26 UK feed wheat futures have increased slightly
Crops of winter wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape, established at Kildalton Agricultural College last autumn, are in excellent condition.
In its first forecast for 2026, COCERAL sees the total European harvest for combinable crops coming in at 296.7Mt.
Beef
Barley is often the amongst the main ingredients of the beef cattle finisher rations used on Irish...
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.
