Tillage
Cleared fields allow stale seedbed to be created
Straw will be easily cleared from many fields this year as yields are back dramatically in many areas and once...
Tillage
Straw will be easily cleared from many fields this year as yields are back dramatically in many areas and once...
Tillage
When combines return to the fields it might be a good idea to take note of grass weeds you see...
Tillage
Secondary growth – it’s the conversation starter among tillage farmers these days. “What are we going to do with all...
Tillage
Most farmers have grass weed problems – big or small – on their farms and need to be proactive in...
Tillage
As cereal growers across the country finish up spraying for the season and turn toward harvest preparations, now is a...
Tillage
Grasses are in full flower along roadsides, under hedges and in field margins at present. When out for a walk...
Tillage
As fungicide applications get under control and farmers prepare machinery for harvest, this time of year is also a time...
Tillage
Control of grass weeds in winter cereals is most successful when used in the autumn. If a herbicide is not...
Tillage
Black-grass is a serious grass weed which has the ability to devastate the cereal industry in Ireland if it is...
Tillage
There’s a lot more to creating a stale seedbed than just tilling up the ground. Knowing the grass weeds that...
Tillage
The Brian Cody approach needs to be taken in the control of grass weeds on tillage farms – you have...
Tillage
Grass weeds can escalate into a serious problem on tillage farms. Black-grass, scutch, canary grass, annual meadow grass, the list...
Tillage
Herbicide resistance in grass weeds is one of the challenges facing the tillage sector at present. Ronan Byrne, a PhD...
Tillage
Many farmers can no doubt see the benefits of minimum-tillage practices on their farms. However, like most, these practices come...
Tillage
Grass weeds are becoming an increasing problem on tillage farms. In order to combat this, Teagasc is encouraging farmers to...
Grass
MCPA monitoring and sampling is continuing in four priority catchments in counties Longford, Kilkenny and Limerick, as part of an...
Tillage
“Glyphosate is a good thing; it’s certainly good for controlling perennial weeds. I don’t really know how you would continue...
Tillage
Grass weeds are becoming more of a problem on tillage farms – according to Teagasc – and bromes, canary grass,...