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Cereals event in the UK to go online for 2020

March 25, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Cereals area drops 6.4% from 2018

September 19, 2019

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Provisional estimates from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the area under cereals in this country has dropped by 6.4%. In June…

When to get cracking when making wholecrop silage

July 3, 2019

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Wholecrop silage season is kicking off. Unlike last year, many of the crops being ensiled this season were planted with the intention of…

Video: See these sprayers in action

June 23, 2019

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As always, the ‘Sprays & Sprayers’ arena was a big attraction at the ‘Cereals‘ event in the UK last week. AgriLand was there…

Preparing for an autumn without neonicotinoids

June 22, 2019

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There was a big focus on growing cereal crops without neonicotinoids at the ‘Cereals‘ event in the UK last week and it’s clear…

Video: It wasn’t all mucky tyres and boots at Cereals 2019

June 20, 2019

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The heavy rain was the main talking point of the ‘Cereals‘ event in the UK last week, but there was plenty to see…

Ignoring black-grass will leave you and your neighbours with a problem

June 5, 2019

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Black-grass is present in many fields across the country and it is a grass weed that cannot be ignored. When left uncontrolled the…

Test drive the latest machinery at Cereals 2019

May 19, 2019

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Cereals – the Arable Event – in the UK is changing things up for 2019 and as Irish farmers decide whether to make…

Mildew control with a product new to the market

April 5, 2019

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The recent cold spell will have helped to bring mildew infection under control. The disease has been a problem this season and as…

Cereal prices estimated to go down by 18% in 2019

December 28, 2018

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Teagasc launched its Annual Review and Outlook 2019 this month. The review outlined some predictions for Irish cereal farming in 2019. Assuming normal…