Tillage
There is a growing expectation that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to help deal with the challenge of blackgrass weed infections
Opinion
Harvest 2025 is fast coming to an end. The coming weeks will see tillage farmers across Ireland commit to the 2025/26 planting season
Teagasc is strongly advising all cereal growers to walk crops now in order to identify problem weeds and plan future controls options
The challenge of herbicide resistant grass weeds continues to grow on Irish tillage farms at an alarming rate.
DAFM has confirmed that Blackgrass has been added to the list of noxious weeds that landowners must control.
The recent sequencing of the entire blackgrass genome has been hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against herbicide resistance
Agri-Business
A period of public consultation has been opened on proposed changes to legislation under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936.
Securing effective autumn weed control in newly established cereal crops is crucially important if optimal yields are to be secured
Teagasc has updated the organisation’s website to help tillage farmers identify and control of grass weed infestations.
Blackgrass and other herbicide resistant grass weeds are now a reality within Irish tillage systems, according to Lemken's Derek Delahunty.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is encouraging all tillage farmers to check cereal crops for the presence of Blackgrass.
Teagasc is confirming that the challenge of ‘uncontrollable grass weeds’ within crops remains a major challenge for tillage farmers.
Teagasc is confirming that the threat of herbicide resistance in blackgrass, Italian ryegrass and spring wild oats is now very real.
According to crops specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan, blackgrass plants have already started to flower in some cereal crops...
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor.
It is now evident that an insufficient glyphosate application rate for a specific weed species can increase problems with grass weed control.
A combination of knowing the biology of blackgrass and effective stubble management, can serve to greatly reduce the impact of the weeds
Grass weeds are a problem on almost all tillage farms in Ireland. Wild oats, bromes and annual meadow grass are the most common.
It is now widely recognised that weeds adapt within a tillage system at various levels and in various ways.
Tillage Technical
Pre-emergence herbicides have been shown to be more effective in controlling many problem grass weeds according to Teagasc,.
Tillage News
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance.
Today (19 September) represents the official start of the National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska in Co Laois.
Post-harvest stubble management systems can be used to get on top of many herbicide-resistant grass weeds.
