Grass
Making best use of legumes and cover crops
Utilising legumes and growing cover crops was a key focus of a recent Germinal Ireland technical briefing. The event identified...
Grass
Utilising legumes and growing cover crops was a key focus of a recent Germinal Ireland technical briefing. The event identified...
Tillage
A recent ADAS study has confirmed that cover crops can both refine nitrogen (N) usage and protect water quality. This...
Tillage
Weed control measures have yet to be implemented in many winter oilseed rape crops. There has been a significant trend...
Tillage
One upside to the staggered harvest of 2023 was the opportunity of getting cover crops in early at Teagasc Oak...
Machinery
Cover crops are becoming an important part of the cropping cycle. Pottinger is further catering for their timely sowing by...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc highlighted the value of cover crops within a tillage rotation at this year’s National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Co....
Tillage News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling for the removal of the requirement for an equal lie-back...
Tillage Technical
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), catch and cover crops form an important cog in the tillage regenerative farming...
Tillage
Teagasc PhD student Jack Jameson took part in a recent Tillage Edge podcast to discuss the crop establishment options that...
Machinery News
The Terria range of trailed stubble cultivators with three or four rows from Pottinger has recently gained two extra features...
Tillage
One of the key benefits derived from planting cover crops is their ability to soak up nutrients that, otherwise, would...
Machinery News
Vantage, part of the Grasstec group based in Co. Cork, has just been appointed the Irish distributer for Stocks Ag,...
Tillage
The end of the 2022 cropping year brings into sharp focus the challenge posed by Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)...
Tillage
Tillage farmers need to start thinking about how to manage buffer strips in accordance with the next Common Agricultural Policy...
Tillage Technical
In the latest harvest update, in many areas, most crops are now harvested with the dry weather making conditions for...
Tillage
A relatively early finish to the winter barley harvest will provide tillage farmers with an ideal opportunity to plant cover...
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that significant amendments to the nitrates regulations, relating to green cover on tillage ground, have been agreed....
Tillage
There are many different reasons why cover crops may be suitable, and it all comes down to what the farmer is...