Opinion
Opinion: Review of the 2024 cereal year must take place
At some stage in the near future, a review and assessment on the outcome of the 2023/2024 cereal year will...
BYDV
Tillage
Tillage: Spring barley crops hit bump in the road
Teagasc has confirmed a slowdown in the development of many spring barley crops, with soil compaction being the main culprit....
Tillage
Are your spring barley crops ‘off colour’?
According to Teagasc, a significant number of spring barley crops are looking decidedly yellow in hue at the present time....
Tillage
BYDV rampant in winter and spring cereal crops
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is running rampant through winter and spring cereal crops nationwide, according to Teagasc crops specialist, Shay Phelan....
Tillage
AHDB adds 2 new winter barley varieties to recommended lists
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has added two new winter barley varieties to its recommended lists (RL) for...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Make-or-break week for winter barley crops
The coming days will be critical in terms of getting winter barley crops into the ground across the country. Up...
Tillage
Tillage: Weather impact highlighted in latest crop report
Autumn planting will be delayed again this year as many fields are close to saturation point as a result of recent heavy...
Tillage
Insecticide resistance a major concern facing tillage sector
The threat of insecticide resistance is one that all tillage farmers should be taking very seriously, according to scientific experts...
Tillage
Research ongoing to tackle BYDV in crops
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is a key challenge for cereal growers, one that has both weather and geography-related themes....
Tillage
Winter barley crops on target to produce bumper yields
Winter barely could have the potential to deliver bumper yields in 2023, according to latest evidence from growers. However these...
Tillage
Spring barley crops are proving to be a challenge in 2023
Teagasc tillage specialists have confirmed that spring barley crops are proving to be a challenge on a number of fronts....
Tillage
Resistance concern as most insecticides contain same chemistries
Teagasc entomologist, Dr. Louise McNamara, has confirmed that all of the insecticides now available contain the same pyrethroid chemistries. This,...
Tillage
Established crops are less vulnerable to BYDV attack
Crops that are more established are likely to be less exposed to a Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) attack according...
Tillage
BYDV risk to late sown spring barley crops - Teagasc
Late sown spring barley crops are at high risk of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) attack, Teagasc has warned. Although...
Tillage
Advice: Plant crops when soil conditions best suit
Cereal growers, who held off planting crops last autumn over fears of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), are paying a...
Tillage
BYDV identified in Carlow, Kilkenny, Kildare area
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has been identified in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Kildare by Leighlinbridge based agronomist Eoin Jordan...
Tillage
Tillage Conference: Teagasc to trial BYDV prediction model
Teagasc will trial a new Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) prediction model over a three year period it has confirmed...
Opinion
Opinion: BYDV: 'heads you lose – tails I win'
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is shaping up to be the ‘ominous threat’ that could wipe out winter cereal production...