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Bord Bia Report: 8% rise in horticulture and cereals exports in 2020

January 14, 2021

€221 million in horticulture and cereals was exported last year according to the latest report from Bord Bia. This was despite a slight…

Improved situation for EU winter cereal crops

November 24, 2020

Tillage

Heavy rain in October delayed planting across Europe, but dry weather in November has allowed many areas to catch up, according to the…

Fertiliser input index dropped by 10.5% for 2020 – CSO

November 6, 2020

Agri-Business

Preliminary estimates of the agricultural price indices for 2020 show a 3.3% decrease in input prices from 2019 levels with a large fertiliser…

Dramatic decline of crop production displayed by the CSO

October 21, 2020

Tillage

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released its Statistical Yearbook of Ireland for 2020 this week. The crop production figures show a clear move…

Spring barley yields above average according to the AHDB

September 29, 2020

Tillage

Just small amounts of the harvest in Great Britain remained to be cut as of September 22 as the dry weather of September…

Cleared fields allow stale seedbed to be created

August 17, 2020

Tillage

Straw will be easily cleared from many fields this year as yields are back dramatically in many areas and once the straw is…

When to cut wholecrop silage?

July 20, 2020

Beef

Anyone planning on saving a cereal crop for wholecrop silage should keep an eye on crop growth stages and dry matter (DM) percentages.…

Spring barley uses least plant protection products of arable crops

June 26, 2020

Tillage

Each year the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine carries out pesticide usage surveys. These surveys rotate between different sectors each year.…

Mapping, rogueing and controlling grass weeds

June 6, 2020

Tillage

As fungicide applications get under control and farmers prepare machinery for harvest, this time of year is also a time to take a…

Cereals event in the UK to go online for 2020

March 25, 2020

Tillage

Cereals – The Arable Event – in the UK is set to go online. A statement from the organisers read: “We understand these…

Plant counts a help in making agronomic decisions

March 19, 2020

Tillage

Plant counts are a very useful task to carry out. At this time of the year – and in a season like this…

Maize imports rise again…origins questionable

December 19, 2019

Tillage

Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that wheat and barley imports are down on the same time last year, but imports…

CSO corrects crop figures – area is up

December 6, 2019

Tillage

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has corrected the crop area figures which it released in September. At the time, the figures reported a…

Farming groups concerned over ‘mix up’ in figures

November 15, 2019

Tillage

Farming groups have expressed their disappointment at the anomaly in cereal crop area figures which AgriLand revealed yesterday, Thursday, November 14. The Irish…

Confusion over department and CSO cereal area figures emerges

November 14, 2019

Tillage

Information gathered by AgriLand suggests that there are significant anomalies between Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine crop (planting) area figures and…