Tillage
Tillage: Assessing the threat posed by aphids in cereals
The threat posed by aphids within a cereal rotation is an important element for consideration by tillage farmers. Last year,...
Tillage
The threat posed by aphids within a cereal rotation is an important element for consideration by tillage farmers. Last year,...
Tillage
Teagasc has assessed the reasons why winter barley has been such a disappointing crop for Irish farmers in 2022. Tillage...
Tillage
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is advising growers to be mindful of the impact that...
Tillage Technical
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) agronomist Leigh McLean is advising the use of stale seed beds to...
Tillage
Take-all has had a major impact on both winter wheat and barley yields this year, according to Co. Down cereal...
Tillage
While last weekend’s heavy rain brought the harvest to a halt, Teagasc is confirming that combines are now back in...
Tillage
Winter barley yields have been extremely variable this year, in part due to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) which hit...
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) was noted as a threat to winter barley crops as far...
Tillage
Weather permitting, the first of this year’s winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland will be cut next week. The combines...
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that the past 12 months have constituted an almost perfect year for tillage crops in every sense....
Tillage Technical
Drummonds’ 2022 barley varietal trials are combining the latest plant breeding breakthroughs with new perspectives on crop agronomy. With the...
Tillage
Teagasc is strongly advising cereal growers to forward sell a proportion of their grain at this stage of the season....
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is now impacting many spring barley crops across the country. But...
N.Ireland
A Co. Down cereal grower has confirmed that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has caused problems within his 2021/22 winter...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc has hosted a number of farm walks over recent weeks, at which establishment rates of over 85% have been...
Tillage
Malting barley crops sown out in March should not need an insecticide to control Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV). That...
Tillage
The latest tillage update from Teagasc summarises the growth rates achieved by all crops over the recent winter months. The...
Tillage Technical
Grain and bird cherry oat aphids are major vectors of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), a disease that can cause...