Agri-Business
NI grass growth in March below long-term average
Northern Ireland’s grass growth in March will be below the long-term average, at 7.2kg of dry matter (DM)/ha/day, according to...
Crop Yields
Tillage
Tillage: Crop yield reflects overall health status of soils
Final crop yield is the most definitive indicator of soil health, according to Prof. Mike McLaughlin, from the University of...
Tillage News
Weather reduces EU crops yield outlook
The yield outlook for EU summer crops was substantially reduced due to continued hot and/or dry weather conditions in large...
Tillage
Cereal output for 2022 estimated at 2.3m tonnes
Teagasc is forecasting that Ireland’s cereal output for 2022 will come in at around 2.3 million tonnes – a ‘no...
N.Ireland
New sclerotinia risk alerts tool delivers over 90%
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has developed a sclerotinia risk alerts tool for oilseed rape crops, that has...
Tillage Technical
Phosphorous and potassium requirements for cereal crops in 2022
The latest Teagasc crops update reviews the range of phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) requirements that will deliver optimal results...
Tillage
How does climate uncertainty impact crop yield?
As harvest approaches, farmers and agronomists eagerly assess their crops to try and anticipate how crops will yield. Yield estimates...
Tillage
European crops suffering from rain deficit and surplus
After suffering from drought conditions earlier this season, parts of Europe now have a rain surplus, while some regions are...
Agri-Business
EU summer crop yields close to 5-year average
The September MARS bulletin published by the European Commission states that overall yields of summer crops in the EU are...
Tillage
EU revises all summer crop yields down from July forecast
The latest MARS Bulletin from the European Commission published today (Monday, August 24) has revised the yields of all summer...
Tillage
76% of spring barley crops yielded less than 2.5t/ac so far
76% of spring barley crops yielded less than 2.5t/ac; that’s according to a poll carried out on AgriLand from Tuesday to...
Tillage
Is a straw shortage on the cards?
A significant decrease in straw availability looks likely this harvest. While the cereal crop area is down, the straw yield...
Environment
Herbicide reduction can maintain crop yields, new research shows
Research carried out by the European Commission’s “Science for Environment Policy” suggests a herbicide-light approach to farming does not have...
Tillage
Mixed fortunes for tillage farmers with north-south divide on yields
Tillage farmers in Ireland had mixed fortunes this year, despite record yields, according to Teagasc’s Michael Hennessy. “The grain quality...
Tillage
'Good crop yields and quality in Ireland; EU forecasts revised downwards'
Despite the fact that frequent rain has hampered the harvest in Ireland, first reports suggest good crop yields and quality...