Dairy
With the poor weather over the week, most areas will have well surpassed their saturation points, bringing an end to the 2025 grazing season.
Soil temperatures are slow to rise but as the spring progresses, compounds and sulphur will have to be factored into the fertiliser plan.
Now is the time for farmers to start preparing a nutrient management plan with all zones now open for fertiliser spreading.
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has confirmed that all nutrient management plans (NMPs) should be completed by this stage.
According to Teagasc, the need for tillage farmers to develop an effective crop nutrient management plan has never been greater.
Environment
Teagasc has updated its Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) online system to reflect proposed changes under the Nitrates Action Programme (NAP).
Teagasc is strongly advising all tillage farmers to develop a nutrient management plan for their business, and the time to do this is now.
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A correctly taken soil sample will cut out the guessing game and bring real accurate information to the table.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that NMPs have not been submitted in 800 cases in the GLAS 3 scheme.
Phosphorus (P) can now be spread on winter cereals in the autumn. The change comes in the fourth Nitrates Action Programme.
Agri-Business
Over 25,000 Nutrient Management Plans (NMPs) have been submitted under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).
There is a total of 14,000 Nutrient Management Plans outstanding from GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 participants, the department has revealed.
In order to advance the balancing GLAS payment, close to 5,500 applicants have been asked to ensure that their NMPs have been submitted.
