Grass
First-cut fertiliser: Sow less and cut early or sow more and cut late?
The sunshine and warm weather finally arrived to most parts of the country over the weekend, and farmers in many...
Grass
The sunshine and warm weather finally arrived to most parts of the country over the weekend, and farmers in many...
Tillage
Growers should complete the main nitrogen (N) application on winter wheat crops before Growth Stage (GS) 32, according to Teagasc. This...
Dairy Technical
Research officer with Teagasc, Michael Egan, advised farmers to get chemical fertiliser onto paddocks that are suitable, and to target...
Dairy Technical
Silage remains in the diets of many herds at the moment, with grazing conditions continuing to pose a significant challenge....
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Agronomists are indicating that it may be more economical to manage thin winter cereal crops with reduced input, rather than...
Tillage
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the...
Dairy
Farmers opting to take phosphate and potash (P and K) holidays over recent years may well see this impact negatively...
Environment
Teagasc has updated its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) online system to reflect proposed changes under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)....
Environment
The Irish government could potentially step in to mandate the spreading of protected urea if farmers do not voluntarily commit...
Dairy Technical
A number of potential mitigation measures for farmers affected by changes to nitrates regulations are to be sent to the...
Environment
Recent findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shown that agricultural sources of nitrogen (N) were the main causes...
Tillage
February and early March can be frustrating, as pigeons will continue to graze crops and it is the effect of...
Tillage
Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to...
Tillage
The Fertilizer Association of Ireland (FAI) has just published a new technical bulletin entitled ‘Improving farm nitrogen use efficiency’ in...
Tillage
Planning for the tillage year ahead is an obvious priority at this time for those farmers committed to growing crops....
Environment
According to Teagasc, chemical fertiliser usage on Irish farms – grassland and tillage – continues to decline. Recently published figures...