N.Ireland
New NI ag minister to weigh up end to calendar-based slurry dates
There were big promises made at Dundonald House as Northern Ireland’s first Agriculture Minister in three years set out his...
calendar farming
Tillage
Calendar farming needs to go...or should we plough in the wet?
We have just witnessed one of the driest summers and autumns in many years. Tillage farmers hardly know themselves, as...
Tillage
Tillage farmers face a workload; but safety must come first
The fodder crisis has taken the headlines, but tillage farmers are also facing a crisis. Very little spring sowing has...