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Keep brome, black grass and other weeds under control in margins

June 7, 2020

Grasses are in full flower along roadsides, under hedges and in field margins at present. When out for a walk it is important…

Mapping, rogueing and controlling grass weeds

June 6, 2020

Tillage

As fungicide applications get under control and farmers prepare machinery for harvest, this time of year is also a time to take a…

Think black-grass isn’t that big a deal? Think again

August 26, 2019

Tillage

Black-grass is a serious grass weed which has the ability to devastate the cereal industry in Ireland if it is not controlled. Just…

The ‘Brian Cody approach’ to grass weed control

August 17, 2019

Tillage

The Brian Cody approach needs to be taken in the control of grass weeds on tillage farms – you have to hit its…

Ignoring black-grass will leave you and your neighbours with a problem

June 5, 2019

Tillage

Black-grass is present in many fields across the country and it is a grass weed that cannot be ignored. When left uncontrolled the…

Resistance to wild oat herbicide prominent in the south east

February 7, 2019

Tillage

Herbicide resistance in grass weeds is one of the challenges facing the tillage sector at present. Ronan Byrne, a PhD student at Teagasc…

Cover crops are not controlling black-grass

August 31, 2018

Tillage

If you have black-grass on your farm, ensure that you take the proper steps to control it. A recent study by the AHDB…

Pregnancy test for blackgrass…how does it work?

June 21, 2018

Tillage

Researchers in Newcastle University have used technology from human pregnancy tests to identify the level of herbicide resistance in blackgrass. BReD (Blackgrass Resistance…

Farmers must adopt a ‘zero-tolerance policy’ on black grass

August 19, 2017

Tillage

Grass weeds are becoming more of a problem on tillage farms – according to Teagasc – and bromes, canary grass, ryegrasses and black…

Herbicide resistant strains of wild oats found in Ireland

June 29, 2017

Tillage

Anyone who grew up on or had a close connection to a tillage farm, may have spent many an evening pulling wild oats.…

Major challenge posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass

May 24, 2017

N.Ireland

Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI) plant scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing threat posed by Black Grass and Brome Grass infestations…

Importing straw could worsen Ireland’s Blackgrass problem

December 6, 2016

Tillage

The potential is there to worsen the Blackgrass problem in Ireland if straw is imported from the UK, according to Teagasc Tillage Specialist,…

Controlling black grass in crops – ‘the answer is not in a herbicide can’

January 29, 2016

Tillage

Irish tillage farmers can learn from the mistakes made by UK farmers in regards to the control of black grass, according to the…

Here is the easiest way to control Black Grass in a direct drilling system

September 19, 2015

Tillage

The easiest method of controlling Black Grass in winter crops is to drill later, according to Patrick Stevenson. Speaking at this year’s Teagasc…

Here’s how a Kildare farmer dealt with a Black Grass issue on his farm

September 14, 2015

Tillage

Tillage farmers would be foolish to say they were going to eradicate the problem of weed grasses in cereal crops, a zero tolerance…

Cereals – ‘There are risks of bringing in grass weeds with imported seeds’

September 11, 2015

Tillage

The first of the weed grasses present in Irish cereals could have occurred as a result of imported seed, according to Barry O’Reilly…

Tillage farmers warned that new weed ‘black grass’ is in Irish crops

June 25, 2015

Tillage

Black grass was found in a number of crops through the country for the first time last year, according to Teagasc. It says that this…

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