Tillage
The role of potassium in cereal plant nutrition
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published an overview of the role played by potassium in maximising cereal plant nutrition....
Cereal Crops
Tillage
Tillage: New indicative guide to crop margins released
Teagasc has just published its Crop Costs and Returns 2024 overview. It is intended as an indicative guide to crop...
Tillage
Potassium affects both yield and quality of grain - PDA
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), potassium affects both the yield and quality of grain, as well as the...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Placed phosphate fertiliser on cereal seed beds
Adding placed phosphate fertiliser to seed beds at time of planting will help boost root development in newly established cereal...
Tillage
What are the new cereal variety options?
New cereal variety options are becoming increasingly important as tillage farmers seek to produce higher yields using less fertilisers and...
Tillage Technical
Cereal crops: 'Time bomb' of wet weather diseases ahead
Drummonds agronomist Brian Reilly is confirming that wet weather diseases are currently impacting on cereal crops such as winter wheat...
Horticulture
CAFRE to host grower workshops on fungicides
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to host workshops across Northern Ireland next week to update...
Tillage
Controlling slugs in cereal crops
Controlling slugs in cereal crops has become a major challenge for tillage farmers in many parts of the country over...
Tillage News
Growers should check for disease levels in rape and cereal crops
Given the unseasonably high temperatures, Teagasc is advising growers to check for disease levels in rape and cereal crops now....
Tillage Technical
2021 cereal harvest on a knife edge due to weather
With many spring barley crops ready for cutting and this year’s winter wheat harvest set to kick off in a...
Tillage
Trace element deficiency in cereal crops
Trace element deficiency is quite important to consider for cereals in terms of plant health, with crops most prone to...
Tillage
If yellow rust is an issue – you must deal with it now
Teagasc tillage specialists have confirmed a growing level of farmers with a yellow rust issue through winter wheat crops in...
Tillage
Tillage focus: Leading the way with efficient and nutritious agronomy programmes
The Drummonds’ trial site in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, is a massive asset to the company’s growers and agronomists. Brian Reilly...
Tillage
How has cereal production and area changed in the past decade?
The area sown to cereal crops increased last season (by 2% to over 265,000ha), after a disappointing mix up in...
Tillage
2018 average crop returns increase - but varies by location
Preliminary figures from Teagasc confirm that returns on crops increased for many tillage farmers in 2018, with higher gross output...
Tillage
Area sown to cereal crops dropped almost 7% since 2017
Preliminary figures from the Department of Agriculture show that 253,000ha of cereal crops were grown this season. That’s a reduction...
Tillage
'IFA 4' ready for 5th night in department offices
Four members of the IFA Grain Committee are preparing for their fifth night occupying the Department of Agriculture offices in...
Machinery
Crops and Cultivation 2017: One-pass systems for up to €103,000
Farmers got to see some of the latest advancements in cultivation technology up close and personal at last week’s Crops...