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Recommended listing of winter oat varieties for 2025/2026 published

Tillage

about 2 months ago

Recommended listing of winter oat varieties for 2025/2026 published

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published the list of recommended...

BYDV tolerance increasingly key trait for winter barley varieties - agronomist

Tillage

2 months ago

BYDV tolerance increasingly key trait for winter barley varieties - agronomist

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)-tolerant varieties of winter barley are proving themselves under...

The potential impact of yellow rust disease on Irish wheat production

Tillage

5 months ago

The potential impact of yellow rust disease on Irish wheat production

The threat posed by yellow rust disease to Irish wheat crops has been characterised as both complex...

Home-grown spring barley seed could be in short supply next year

Tillage

almost 2 years ago

Home-grown spring barley seed could be in short supply next year

Home-grown spring barley seed could be in short supply next year, according to Goldcrop agronomist,...

Poor harvest weather provides 'silver lining' for variety trials

Tillage

about 2 years ago

Poor harvest weather provides 'silver lining' for variety trials

Every tillage farmer in the country has – quite rightly – been complaining about the poor...

Agri-Business

over 2 years ago

Grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched

A new long-term programme aiming to improve the genetic merit of grass and clover has been...

Grass and clover genetic improvement programme launched

Tillage

over 2 years ago

Call for gene editing to be made legal in EU

Goldcrop agronomist, John Dunne, has called for gene editing to be made legal throughout the...

Call for gene editing to be made legal in EU

Dairy Technical

over 3 years ago

Is clover the solution to fertiliser woes?

Earlier this week, Agriland took a trip down to the Solohead dairy research farm to take a hear...

Is clover the solution to fertiliser woes?

Tillage

over 5 years ago

Howard Farms to host cereal farm walk on Wednesday

Howard Farms will hold a cereal crops workshop and farm walk this Wednesday, February 5, near...

Howard Farms to host cereal farm walk on Wednesday

Grass

over 6 years ago

Dairygold to host event on 'maximising value of reseeding'

A co-operative based in Co. Cork will host an on-farm event this month focusing on reseeding...

Dairygold to host event on 'maximising value of reseeding'

Tillage

over 6 years ago

Are peas making a comeback?

In recent years, beans have been the choice for most when it comes to protein crops. When the...

Are peas making a comeback?

Tillage

over 6 years ago

Is rye an alternative to maize and triticale for wholecrop?

Hybrid rye could fit in well to tillage farmers' systems and encourage more fodder production...

Is rye an alternative to maize and triticale for wholecrop?

Tillage

over 6 years ago

Winter barley hits record area - 80,000ha; but challenges lie ahead

Winter barley area has soared in recent years and increased from 56,000ha in 2018 to a massive...

Winter barley hits record area - 80,000ha; but challenges lie ahead

Grass

over 6 years ago

Grass focus: Breeding Irish varieties from 4,500 plots

There's plenty of reseeding being carried out across the country at present. This island prides...

Grass focus: Breeding Irish varieties from 4,500 plots

Grass

over 6 years ago

New Irish grass variety - Oak Park...what you need to know

Oakpark is the new grass variety on the block and very importantly it is an Irish bred variety –...

New Irish grass variety - Oak Park...what you need to know

Agri-Business

over 6 years ago

New Irish grass variety - Oakpark - makes the cut

Oakpark is the first grass variety to make it onto the recommended list as part of the...

New Irish grass variety - Oakpark - makes the cut

Tillage

about 7 years ago

Seed selling out as winter barley returns to peak levels

The winter barley acreage is set to increase by approximately 36% and return to peak levels this...

Seed selling out as winter barley returns to peak levels

Tillage

about 7 years ago

'Take-all is the number 1 second-cereal threat'

Take-all is the biggest threat to second-winter cereals, according to Tim Eaton of Certis, who...

'Take-all is the number 1 second-cereal threat'

Tillage

about 7 years ago

Order seed early...when it's gone, it's gone

The reduction in winter tillage crop area last season, as well as the drought of the summer gone...

Order seed early...when it's gone, it's gone

Tillage

about 7 years ago

Winter cereal acreage set to soar

A poll at today’s (Tuesday, September 11) National Crops Forum, held by Teagasc, showed that just...

Winter cereal acreage set to soar

Grass

about 7 years ago

Looking to grow fodder crops this autumn?

A farm walk and demonstration on growing fodder crops this autumn will take place tomorrow...

Looking to grow fodder crops this autumn?

Dairy

over 7 years ago

Open days aim to help farmers tackle 'impending fodder crisis'

A farm walk and demo on growing alternative fodder crops this autumn will take place tomorrow...

Open days aim to help farmers tackle 'impending fodder crisis'

Tillage

over 7 years ago

New varieties look like a good 'Prospect'

The Goldcrop open day provided a great opportunity to take a peak at varieties for next year’s...

New varieties look like a good 'Prospect'

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