Tillage
According to Teagasc research officer, Dr Richie Hackett, hybrid rye crops offer high yield potential for the future under Irish conditions.
N.Ireland
A plant scientist based at Queens University Belfast has said that climate change will impact the future yield potential of cereal crops
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published an overview of the role played by potassium in maximising cereal plant nutrition.
Teagasc has just published its Crop Costs and Returns 2024 overview. It is intended as an indicative guide to crop margins.
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), potassium affects both the yield and quality of grain
Tillage Technical
Adding placed phosphate fertiliser to seed beds at time of planting will help boost root development in newly established cereal crops.
New cereal variety options are becoming increasingly important as tillage farmers seek to produce higher yields using less fertilisers.
Drummonds agronomist Brian Reilly is confirming that wet weather diseases are currently impacting on cereal crops such as winter wheat.
CAFRE will host workshops next week across Northern Ireland to update growers on the performance of current fungicides.
Controlling slugs in cereal crops has become a major challenge for tillage farmers in many parts of the country.
Tillage News
Given the unseasonably high temperatures, Teagasc is strongly advising growers to check for disease levels in rape and cereal crops now.
With this year’s winter cereal harvest set to kick off, all Irish tillage growers have their eyes fixed firmly on the skies above.
Trace element deficiency is quite important for cereals with crops most prone to problems concerning copper, manganese and zinc.
Yellow rust is becoming a bigger challenge for Irish cereal control; identifying a yellow rust issue at an early stage is important.
The Drummonds' trial site in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth is a massive asset to the company's growers and agronomists.
The area sown to cereal crops increased last season (by 2% to over 265,000ha) and booked the trend of recent years.
Teagasc reports that crop returns increased for many tillage farmers in 2018, with higher gross output and lower costs being the main cause.
Preliminary figures from the Department of Agriculture show that 253,000ha of cereal crops were grown this season.
Four members of the IFA Grain Committee are preparing for their fifth night occupying Department of Agriculture offices in Dublin.
Machinery
A range of cultivation and sowing machines was in action at the recent 'Crops & Cultivation 2017' event in Oak Park.
Power grazing will change the state of our failing soils for the better, according to one farmer from the UK.
Despite the current pressure on grain prices, Teagasc is highlighting the scope to expand the tillage sector in Ireland.
