Tillage
Low Potassium levels will hold back barley yields - Teagasc
Low soil Potassium levels will have a negative impact on the yields produced by barley crops, Teagasc’s Mark Plunkett has...
Tillage
Low soil Potassium levels will have a negative impact on the yields produced by barley crops, Teagasc’s Mark Plunkett has...
Tillage
Cereal growers should spray for Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) this autumn, according to Teagasc’s Michael McCarthy. The tillage advisor...
Environment
Tillage farmers can save up to €60/ha when using poultry manure as part of their fertiliser programme, according to Teagasc’s...
Tillage
Most tillage farmers will be digging into their Basic Payment to pay their bills following poor harvest conditions this year,...
Tillage
The upcoming European cereal harvest could be the third bumper crop in a row, according to the European Commission’s short-term...
Beef
Winter feed costs can be reduced through the use of more cost-effective feed ingredients, a recent trial carried out in...
Tillage
Most winter barley, wheat and oat crops are at growth stage (gs)30 and all regions reported lower than normal plant counts...
Tillage
After surviving one of the wettest recorded winters it is difficult to contemplate setting foot on most tillage fields let alone...
Tillage
The area of spring barley is set to decline further in 2016, according to Teagasc. In its update on the...
Tillage
Following on from a meeting of the Irish Malt Growers Group in Co. Carlow on Thursday night, the farmers group...
Tillage
The one downside for cereal growers to the current good spell of weather is the risk that crops might be...
Tillage
Ireland’s winter barley acreage looks set to increase again in 2015, according to Teagasc crop agronomist John Pettit. “Malting barley...
Tillage
The area of winter wheat in Ireland is down 15.6% year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said. Preliminary estimates...
Rural Life
Harvesting has finished up on many farms across the country and Tipperary is no exception. Robbie Ingram from Templemore, Co....
Tillage
Approximately 50% of this year’s winter wheat area has yet to be harvested, according to Teagasc crops specialist Tim O’Donovan....
Tillage
Most tillage areas received 1” of rain over the weekend,” according to Teagasc crops specialist Michael Hennessy. “The fact that...
Tillage
Cereal growers will not be cutting winter wheat crops before August 20, according to Teagasc tillage advisor Shay Phelan. “That’s...
Tillage
Irish cereal crops have the potential to yield very heavily this year with some wheats on target to deliver 6t/ac,...