Agri Politics
Ireland's pesticide purchases plummet by 28%
Ireland reduced its pesticide sales by 28% from 2011 to 2018 according to data from Eurostat. Ireland had the second...
Agri Politics
Ireland reduced its pesticide sales by 28% from 2011 to 2018 according to data from Eurostat. Ireland had the second...
Tillage
Awns are out on spring barley crops across the country and while disease pressure has been low it is important...
Tillage
Next Tuesday, May 19, is the last day that Irish tillage farmers may use chlorothalonil. The product’s use is banned...
Tillage
Companion cropping, direct drilling, promoting bio-diversity, reducing chemical use and mixing varieties – it’s all in a day’s work for...
Tillage
The recent cold spell has given farmers some breathing space in winter crop management. Crop growth and disease were slowed...
Tillage
Chlorothalonil is expected to go under the hammer at EU commission level this month. The product will most likely face...
Tillage
Open days are kicking off as pressure begins to ease on tillage farms for a short while. Most final fungicides...
Tillage
The sensitivity of septoria to SDHIs and azoles is eight and 14 times lower, respectively, than what it was in...
Tillage
Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must be adopted universally to prolong the efficacy of cereal chemistry in the UK, delegates...
Tillage
Most winter cereals are due nitrogen at their early stem extension stage, according to CAFRE Crops Advisor Leigh McLean. Barley...
Opinion
There was much talk about new fungicides that might be coming to the Irish market at this week’s Teagasc Septoria...
Tillage
Preventing septoria build-ups in cereal crops, through the strategic use of fungicide sprays, rather than going in with heavier rates...
Tillage
A blunt warning has been issued to MEPs in Brussels by a leading UK tillage specialist against the perceived over-zealous...
Tillage
Plant breeders believe that hybrid wheats may provide the cereal industry with an opportunity to secure improved yields and enhanced...
Tillage
The changing focus of the EU’s assessment criteria for fungicides will put at risk the use of many common chemistries,...
Agri-Business
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer has recorded first quarter group sales of €11.8m. For the quarter ending March...
Tillage
Resistance to fungicide sprays in wheat crops is becoming a real issue in Ireland, according to Teagasc’s Steven Kildea, who spoke...
Tillage
The current spell of good weather has significantly boosted the growth rate of winter barley crops – and some weeds...