Tillage
Getting to grips with weed control measures in winter cereals
Teagasc is confirming the importance for grain growers to get on with weed control measures in winter cereal crops, as...
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming the importance for grain growers to get on with weed control measures in winter cereal crops, as...
Tillage
A combination of knowing the biology of blackgrass and effective stubble management, can serve to greatly reduce the impact of...
Tillage
Grass weeds are a problem on almost all tillage farms in Ireland. Wild oats, bromes and annual meadow grass are...
Tillage Technical
The Teagasc Grass Weed Conference which is underway today, Wednesday, November 8, represents the culmination of the five-year Enable Conservation...
Tillage
July is the perfect month for tillage farmers to accurately assess the level of grass weeds across their fields. In...
Tillage
There is now strong evidence that points to the growth in grass weed burdens on those tillage farms where ploughing...
Tillage
Farmers must commit to using different herbicide strategies each year, if they want to prevent weed resistance becoming an issue...
Tillage Technical
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) agronomist Leigh McLean is advising the use of stale seed beds to...
Tillage
Varietal cereal selection is becoming increasingly important as an integrated pest management (IPM) tool for tillage farmers, as the challenge...
Tillage
Courtesy of its July Newsletter, Teagasc has provided an update on the criteria that must be met to ensure compliance...
Tillage
According to Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT) advisor, John Mahon, grassland weeds represent a problem for the entire tillage sector. Speaking...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc tillage specialists have confirmed that on farms where heavy infestations of autumn germinating grass weeds have developed, the only...
Tillage Technical
Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue,...
Tillage
Teagasc has unveiled a series of videos to aid farmers and industry professionals to identify the most important grass weeds...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are making the most of the drier weather at present and some are taking the opportunity to plant...
Tillage
Knowing when grass weeds germinate and emerge is a key factor in knowing how to control those weeds and plan...
Tillage
Pre-emergence is the best way to control grass weeds in winter cereals. However, it’s not always practical to achieve as...
Tillage
Many farmers across the country have planted grass margins as part of the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS). The margins...