Opinion
Opinion: Review of the 2024 cereal year must take place
At some stage in the near future, a review and assessment on the outcome of the 2023/2024 cereal year will...
Cereals
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index dips slightly but dairy bucks trend
The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined marginally in August, as decreases in quotations for sugar, meat and cereals...
Tillage
Further declines in European harvest yields predicted
Projected harvest yields at European level have been revised downwards for almost all combinable crops with weather extremes cited as...
Agri-Business
CSO: Export value of food and live animals down 8% in June
The value of Irish exports for food and live animals fell by 8% or €115 million in June 2024, to...
Tillage News
Copa Cogeca: EU cereal production predicted to drop 5% in 2024
Cereal production across the 27 EU member states is predicted to reach 257.3 million tonnes this year, a drop of...
Tillage
Glyphosate no longer allowed to desiccate crops prior to harvest
Teagasc is advising that glyphosate cannot be used to desiccate cereal crops prior to harvest; the new regulation kicks in...
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index: Increased demand for dairy in June
The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar...
Dairy
Advice: Choose wholecrop harvest date based on farm needs
Dairy farmers making wholecrop silage from winter or spring cereals should choose the crop’s harvest date and percentage dry matter...
Agri-Business
Eurostat: EU agricultural prices down in Q1 2024
Agricultural prices in the European Union for both outputs and inputs not related to investment declined in the first quarter...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports grew 4% in March
EU agri-food exports reached €20.1 billion in March 2024, marking a 4% month-on-month increase. The European Commission also reported a...
Tillage
Grasslands and croplands provided 36m tonnes of crops in 2022
Grasslands and croplands comprised over 67% of Ireland’s terrestrial and transitional ecosystems in 2018 according to the latest publication of...
Tillage
Herbicide-resistant meadow grasses pose threat to weed control
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc research scientist, Vijaya Bhaskar. In...
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index: Meat and cereal prices rise in April
The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable...
Tillage
Cereal production down 21% in 2023 - CSO
The production of the thee main cereals in Ireland – wheat, barley and oats – decreased by more than one...
Agri-Business
CSO: €310m in food and live animal exports to GB in February
The value of total food and live animal exports to Great Britain (GB) in February 2024 was €310 million, according...
Tillage
Report: Land under cereals fell by 16,300ha over 12 month period
The overall area under cereals fell by 16,300ha to 272,400ha in the 12 month period from June 2022 to June...
Opinion
Opinion: Clock ticking on Food Vision Tillage Group report
The final report from the Food Vision Tillage Group was expected to be published well before St. Patrick’s Day. Since...
Tillage
Making best use of nitrogen on winter crops
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....