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Tillage management: Keep an eye on nitrogen rates on spring cereals

April 26, 2019

Fertiliser spreaders were busy travelling all roads of the country before rain hit this week. As spring crops receive nitrogen (N) remember your…

Tillage management: Watch your nitrogen limits

April 16, 2019

Tillage

Many farmers have completed or are nearing completion of nitrogen (N) applications on winter crops. It’s important to stay within the limits when…

Meeting malting protein specs more valuable than ever…here are some tips

April 11, 2019

Tillage

This year it looks like meeting malting standards could be a lot more profitable than in years gone by and so it is…

Fertiliser: Ideal conditions for spreading on the way

February 24, 2019

Tillage

With a dry spell of weather forecast for the coming week and soil temperatures on the rise it is the ideal time to…

N and P statements now available for 2018

February 13, 2019

Environment

End of year Nitrogen and Phosphorus statements (N and P statements) for January to December 2018 are now available to be accessed online,…

Department’s latest N and P statements now available

November 12, 2018

Grass

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has released the Nitrogen and Phosphorus (N and P) Statements for the period January to…

Department releases N&P figures for first 9 months of 2018

November 1, 2018

Environment

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has released its Nitrogen and Phosphorus (N&P) Statements for the first nine months of the…

What growth response can I expect from spreading nitrogen this autumn?

September 9, 2018

Grass

It is well documented that every blade of grass that an animal eats represents a saving on winter feed costs and will have…

Is your farm sulphur deficient?

June 9, 2018

Dairy

Courtesy of her presentation at the Dairy Innovation Day, AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) soil scientist Dr. Suzanne Higgins said that all of…

Barley protein: Nitrogen timing more important than rate

May 2, 2018

Tillage

There is still a lot of spring barley to be sown across the country. However, some crops are up and out of the…

Nitrogen: Don’t exceed limits on cereal crops

April 23, 2018

Tillage

As farmers get nitrogen out on cereal crops, it is important to make sure that nutrient limits are not exceeded. Some farmers may…

Questions answered on fertiliser spreading

April 19, 2018

Grass

With air and soil temperatures recovering, and soils beginning to dry out, it’s time to focus on fertiliser to maximise grass growth and…

Fertiliser focus: Holding onto the country’s derogation

March 11, 2018

Environment

Two million water samples over the past nine years, six catchments and 300 farmers; you might not have heard about the Teagasc Agricultural…

How to put on a good bet with distilling barley

February 28, 2018

Tillage

Producing distilling barley is a bit like backing a middle-of-the-road horse. It might get over the line, but there’s a fairly high probability…

Video: Fertiliser spreading strategies for winter hybrid barley

February 17, 2018

Despite the challenges of a difficult drilling period, the area of winter hybrid barley sown increased in autumn 2017. This is as a…

Urea: To spread or not to spread?

February 11, 2018

Grass

Weather conditions have been far from ideal since the turn of the year; the thought of spreading nitrogen (N) may seem like an…

Grassland farmers could soon avail of tool aiming to increase fertiliser savings

February 6, 2018

N.Ireland

Fertiliser giant Yara is set to pilot its sensor technology on grassland farms in the UK and Ireland, AgriLand can reveal. The ‘N-Sensor’…

‘Soil nitrogen index is at best a relatively crude system’

February 6, 2018

Tillage

“Different soils provide different amounts of nitrogen (N). The other difference that’s not being taken into account is seasonal differences – the background…

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