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Record average spring barley yield of 8t/ha – Teagasc

December 4, 2019

The average spring barley yield for the 2019 season was 8.0t/ha (3.24t/ac) – an increase of 0.2t/ha on the previous record of 7.8t/ha,…

Readers’ pics: Harvest, ploughing and sunflowers

September 29, 2019

Tillage

In the next few weeks AgriLand will announce the winners of the Harvest Photo Competition for 2019. There are a lot of entries to…

Teagasc releases provisional harvest report for 2019

September 10, 2019

Tillage

Teagasc has announced its provisional harvest report for 2019. The figures outline an estimated decrease in cereal area of 1.2%, while production was…

Harvest pics: Still plenty of work to be done

September 8, 2019

Tillage

The fine weather last week made for some great harvest pictures. Entries came in thick and fast to the Harvest Photo Competition. Rory…

Harvest pics: Combines continue rolling as grain to hit 2.1 million tonnes

September 7, 2019

Tillage

Harvest pictures keep rolling in and much of the country’s cereal crops have been harvested. Last week, Teagasc announced that it estimates this…

Grain price: Unsettled, but not going to jump anywhere fast

September 7, 2019

Agri-Business

Unsettled might be a word to describe grain markets this week. LIFFE wheat (November and May) climbed all week from a low of…

Combine harvesting: How much does it cost?

August 23, 2019

Tillage

The wet weather has left many people under pressure to get tillage crops cut around the country, particularly in the midlands where rain…

‘Strong demand’ for straw as harvest gets started

July 15, 2019

Tillage

Mushroom composters have recognised the importance of a local straw supply, following last year’s shortage, and are proposing contracts to guarantee enough quantities,…

Watch: Winter barley harvest kicks off in Co. Tipperary

July 10, 2019

Tillage

The winter barley harvest has started. John C Byrne, pictured above (on the left), was cutting Pixel winter barley on Tuesday evening, July…

Tillage focus: Meet a member of the world’s first Hands Free Hectare team

December 29, 2018

Tillage

Hands Free Hectare (HFH) is the world’s first ever hectare of cereals produced using autonomous machinery. Earlier this year – at the Cereals Event…

Teagasc forecasts the lowest grain harvest in 30 years

September 10, 2018

Tillage

Teagasc estimates that cereal production in this country will be reduced by 690,000t in 2018, a 29% drop from 2017 and the lowest…

Grain price: Tariffs taking away from early-June price increase

June 23, 2018

Tillage

Grain price is recovering from a significant drop over the past week. Having climbed and hovered since the beginning of June, prices took…

Grain price update: Drought in eastern Europe; harvest kicks off in US

June 8, 2018

Tillage

Futures grain prices remain within a relatively steady range. On Wednesday, they had climbed the scale to last week’s levels. Meanwhile, planting is almost complete…

Where does the tillage sector fit in to Irish farming?

June 4, 2018

Tillage

It doesn’t take Albert Einstein to work out that cereal crops have recovered tremendously over recent weeks. Sowing conditions, in many instances, were…

Potato harvest 2017: ‘One of the worst in living memory’

November 21, 2017

N.Ireland

Potato farmers say they are experiencing one of the “worst harvests ever” with many warning their crops are rotting in the fields. The…

Dairygold’s cereal prices for harvest 2017 finalised

October 5, 2017

Tillage

This week Dairygold has finalised its cereal prices for harvest 2017, with prices remaining “sluggish” due to another “large global harvest”. Despite the…