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The key to controlling a grass weed problem is identification, according to Teagasc’s Ciaran Collins. This is important as farmers need to know…
Septoria is the most destructive disease of Irish winter wheat crops and in the absence of commercially-viable, highly-resistant varieties, fungicides will continue to be…
Oilseed rape (OSR) is traditionally sown in 125mm rows at a seeding rate of 50-80 seeds/m². However, recent interest in low soil disturbance,…
The variety of winter wheat you choose to sow can have an impact on how much disease is going to be present in…
Over 3,000 people attended the Crops and Cultivation open day at Teagasc Oak Park earlier this week. The profitability challenge facing the Irish…
Farmers have been urged to give careful consideration to the fertilisers they use to grow tillage crops, as soil fertility levels have dropped…
A recently-established project in Teagasc Oak Park is using the latest technologies available to identify the nitrogen requirements of cereal crops. The project…
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is a real talking point for tillage farmers this year, particularly those involved in feed and malting barley…
Anyone who grew up on or had a close connection to a tillage farm, may have spent many an evening pulling wild oats.…
The profitability challenge facing Irish tillage farmers was at the centre of all discussions and demonstrations at Teagasc’s Crops and Cultivation 2017 open day. The event…
Teagasc’s Crops and Cultivation 2017 open day – which is being marketed as the ’tillage management event of the year’ – is set to take…