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Spraying grass? Adhere to good practice

April 13, 2020

MCPA accounted for 63% of all pesticide exceedances in Irish water supplies in 2019. Fluroxypyr and 2-4D were among the other common exceedances.…

Get mapping your grass weeds

July 7, 2019

Tillage

Grass weeds can escalate into a serious problem on tillage farms. Black-grass, scutch, canary grass, annual meadow grass, the list goes on and…

2018…when the hoe came back in fashion on the tillage tramlines

December 25, 2018

Tillage

2018, in some ways, signalled a new era for the tillage sector. There was a move back to older farming practices, but with…

Cover crops are not controlling black-grass

August 31, 2018

Tillage

If you have black-grass on your farm, ensure that you take the proper steps to control it. A recent study by the AHDB…

Don’t ignore black grass…control it

July 6, 2018

Tillage

Black grass is becoming more and more prevalent in Ireland. Control of this invasive weed should be a top priority for all farmers.…

Tillage management: Herbicide options for winter crops

March 23, 2018

Tillage

Poor ground conditions over the winter left many crops without a herbicide. Although farmers are eager to get out with sprayers, ground conditions…

Video: Taking the hardship out of weeding with a robot

December 14, 2017

Tillage

RTK Farming has become a distributor for a robotic weeder. The ‘Oz weeding robot’ is a product of French company Naio Technologies. The price…

‘Spray herbicide early to control grass weeds’

September 30, 2017

Tillage

Winter cereals are currently being planted where weather allows. Once sowing is completed, farmers should start looking at their autumn herbicide options. As…

Want to learn more about growing maize?

September 26, 2017

Since the abolition of dairy quotas in April 2015, the Irish dairy herd has grown substantially. With this growth comes extra demand for…

Don’t overlook the need for sulphur on cereal crops

April 5, 2017

Tillage

Most winter cereals are due nitrogen at their early stem extension stage, according to CAFRE Crops Advisor Leigh McLean. Barley normally reaches this…

Seed and fungicide sales fuel Bayer’s first quarter results

April 26, 2016

Agri-Business

German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer has recorded first quarter group sales of €11.8m. For the quarter ending March 31, Bayer’s earnings…

Here’s how much Nitrogen to put on winter crops this March

March 2, 2016

Tillage

Once field conditions allow, crops that survived winter will need their first N application to breathe life back into them, Leigh McClean Crops Technologist…

Glyphosate has become the most heavily used weed-killer in history

February 13, 2016

Environment

Since the mid-1990s there has been a dramatic increase in the volume of glyphosate herbicides that have been applied and it is now…

‘UK cereal growers now using glyphosate up to six times in the same season’

September 29, 2015

Tillage

Significant numbers of UK tillage are using glyphosate to tackle grassland weeds up to six times in a single season, according to Dr…

French ban Roundup from garden centres (Monsanto says its surprised)

June 15, 2015

Agri-Business

Monsanto has expressed surprise at the decision taken by French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal to ban the herbicide Roundup from garden centres. This follows…