Tillage
Herbicide-resistant meadow grasses pose threat to weed control
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc research scientist, Vijaya Bhaskar. In...
Herbicides
Tillage Technical
Tillage: The role for pre-emergence herbicides
Pre-emergence herbicides have been shown to be more effective in controlling many problem grass weeds such as bromes, blackgrass and...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Make-or-break week for winter barley crops
The coming days will be critical in terms of getting winter barley crops into the ground across the country. Up...
Environment
Glyphosate described as 'critical' for Irish agriculture
Following the outcome of EU member states voting on the European Commission’s proposal to renew the use of glyphosate, an...
Environment
Glyphosate renewal proposal fails to get EU approval
In a vote today (Friday, October 13), a proposal to renew the use of glyphosate for 10 years did not...
Tillage
Alternate herbicide strategies to prevent weed resistance
Farmers must commit to using different herbicide strategies each year, if they want to prevent weed resistance becoming an issue...
Opinion
Opinion: We forsake the plough at our peril
Recent days have brought home to me the focal role of the plough within Irish tillage. It’s a proven technology...
Tillage Technical
How to control weeds in spring cereal crops
All crops are now responding well to the improved weather conditions that have impacted across the country over the past...
Tillage
Blackgrass is at flowering stage in Irish cereal crops
Teagasc tillage advisors have confirmed the presence of blackgrass infestations in a number of Irish cereal crops. The weeds are...
Tillage
Tillage: When to use an aphicide with spring barley crops
Early March-sown spring barley crops will not require an aphicide. However, those drilled later in the month, and which emerge...
Tillage
Is it time to move away from glyphosate?
A new report from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) on glyphosate usage highlights the wide range of non-chemical alternatives to...
Agri-Business
Galway study: 25% of families tested had traces of glyphosate
Researchers from the University of Galway have found that one quarter of families that took part in a study were...
Tillage News
RCSI teams up with Syngenta on project to protect crops
Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin have teamed up...
Tillage
Weed control in winter crops vital warns Teagasc
Securing effective weed control in crops – including winter barley, wheat and oilseed rape – is now important according to...
Tillage
Tillage: Weed control using pre-emergent herbicide
According to Teagasc, the area of cereals sown-out over the past three weeks that has received a pre-emergent herbicide is...
Tillage
Trials: Strong autumn herbicide activity on volunteer oats
New data from Corteva Agriscience has shown that farmers can achieve excellent levels of control of volunteer oats in the...
Tillage
Could the winter barley acreage be back on previous years?
Teagasc tillage advisors are surmising that Ireland’s winter barley acreage might be well back in 2022/2023, relative to previous years....
Environment
Biocontrols 'could lead to new food protection era'
Development of alternatives to traditional pesticides such as biocontrols is “essential, to maximise yields while minimising environmental damage”, according to...