Tillage
Ground conditions remain extremely challenging across the country for soil cultivation and subsequent crop establishment.
Agri-Business
Agritechnica showed a growing trend towards light or minimal cultivations as regenerative farming takes centre stage
Opinion
Recent days have brought home to me the focal role of the plough within Irish tillage. It's a 'proven technology' with undiminished potential
Agri Politics
Proposals including a potential ploughing ban and min till techniques on carbon-rich soils are being examined, Minister McConalogue has said.
Co. Kildare man Jim McCarthy quickly found out that improving soil quality is critical in developing a successful tillage operation in Romania.
Machinery News
Dragging a subsoiler is often the preserve of a big tractor on heavy land. He-Va think differently with its new shallow acting implement.
Grass
The main advantage of reseeding grassland on a farm is that, it will increase both the quantity and quality of grass grown.
Environment
If a farm does not have a priority environmental asset (PEA), in order to improve the chances of successful entry into GLAS Teagasc advises farmers to choose one of the two relevant priority actions.