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Cutting-edge tool launched to reduce fertiliser damage to the environment

January 18, 2021

Leading Scottish scientists have invented a new cutting-edge tool to help farmers find the safest way to use organic waste fertiliser in a…

Video: Getting more bang for your buck in crop production…using drones

January 11, 2021

Agri-Business

With tighter EU regulations coming down the track and a growing global population, the pressure is on farmers to ensure that they can…

Risk factors associated with pesticides on the decline

December 30, 2020

Tillage

The European Commission has published updated EU Harmonised Risk Indicators for pesticides, covering the period 2011 to 2018. The figures reflect developments across…

Study: Reducing nitrogen use could lower farm profits by up to 10%

November 25, 2020

Dairy

Reducing the application rate of nitrogen (N) fertiliser by 25kg and 50kg N/ha could reduce farm profitability by 5% and 10% respectively, based…

Fertiliser input index dropped by 10.5% for 2020 – CSO

November 6, 2020

Agri-Business

Preliminary estimates of the agricultural price indices for 2020 show a 3.3% decrease in input prices from 2019 levels with a large fertiliser…

Agricultural input price index down 3% to August 2020

October 14, 2020

Agri-Business

The agricultural input price index decreased by 3% in August 2020 compared with August 2019, according to the latest data from the Central…

Farmers know today’s date…It’s 10-10-20

October 10, 2020

Tillage

It’s the 10th of the 10th 2020. If Irish farmers were ever to get a public holiday this should surely be it, but…

EU decision on Russian ammonium nitrate ‘puts higher costs on farmers’ – IFA

October 2, 2020

Agri-Business

A recent decision by the European Commission to continue measures to prevent ammonium nitrate from Russia being ‘dumped’ on the EU market has…

Does your soil need lime this autumn?

September 23, 2020

Tillage

Getting soil pH right is essential. Soils with optimum pH levels are more efficient when it comes to the uptake and use of…

Get soil sampling this autumn

September 16, 2020

Tillage

Autumn is an ideal time for soil sampling. Soils are warm and the results will come back to allow for planning during the…

Chopping straw in difficult harvest conditions

September 9, 2020

Tillage

As the harvest drags on for many, straw is becoming difficult to save and while demand is there for straw there is a…

Grassland management: Time to catch up on fertiliser as deadline looms

September 1, 2020

Dairy

The past two weeks or so have been pretty much a write off in terms of getting any work done on land in…

Fertiliser on forage crops…reduce rates when sown in August

August 14, 2020

Beef

Forage crops sown after cereals can be extremely beneficial in years where there is a fodder deficit on farms. Completing a fodder budget…

Fertiliser prices down dramatically; sales increase

August 5, 2020

Tillage

The Teagasc Situation and Outlook Report published on August 4 showed a dramatic drop in fertiliser prices in 2020. Irish fertiliser sales also…

Nitrogen: To spread or not to spread?

August 1, 2020

Beef

As we move nearer the closed period for spreading chemical fertiliser – which starts mid-September – attention must now turn to building grass…

‘Fertiliser prices are artificially high and we’ve no say in the matter’

July 13, 2020

Agri-Business

European Commission officials heard arguments from members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in recent days centering on the issue of fertiliser imports…