Environment
The deadline is approaching for farmers to declare catch crops as part of the Farming for Water EIP (European Innovation Partnership).
Tillage
The upcoming Teagasc Crops’ Forum event will put a strong focus on the potential to increase the area of winter rye grown in Ireland
Rain is badly needed in many parts of the country to get winter oilseed rape crops through germination over the coming days
Agri-Business
An extension has been granted to the establishment deadline for catch crops for participants in tranche 1 and 2 of ACRES.
The locations of certain actions in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) can be changed, subject to the permission of the...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced amendments for farmers in tranche 1 of ACRES.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) recently issued an extension to six arable actions under ACRES.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has today confirmed its modification to the rules relating to GAEC Standard 6.
Tillage News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is not happy with the new catch crop grazing regulations.
The grass lie-back area within the new Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 6 regulations for catch crops has been reduced
The ICSA is calling for the removal of the requirement for an equal lie-back area when sowing catch crops for grazing.
A number of new rules have been introduced this year with regard to the utilisation of catch crops, specifically from a grazing perspective.
Tillage Technical
According to the Potash Development Association, catch and cover crops form an important cog in the tillage regenerative farming wheel.
In many areas, most crops are now harvested with the dry weather making conditions for cutting and baling ideal.
The ICSA tillage chair has called for a scheme that will incentivise tillage farmers to grow catch crops after this year's harvest.
The growth in sales of Irish whiskey in the United States will lead to a significant expansion in Ireland’s native malting barley acreage
Catch crops and OSR are, increasingly, seen as ways of expanding the rotations followed by Irish cereal growers, according to Teagasc.
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Getting towards the wrong end of the sowing window. Using the Amazone Cirrus combination drill 4003-2C trailed drill
Teagasc research is confirming that autumn grown catch crops are helping to reduce nutrient run-off from soils in tillage areas.
The DAFM has informed AgriLand that there was no extension to the catch crop establishment deadline.
The IGGG has expressed the importance of extending the catch crop planting deadline under GLAS.
Farmers planting catch crops under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) have until September 15 to get crops in the ground.
As tillage farmers await the return of dry weather they may decide to use the opportunity to plant or carry out some stubble cultivation.
