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Last chance to send pics for ‘ArableApril’ this week

April 22, 2019

‘ArableApril’ is drawing to a close and AgriLand is encouraging readers to send in their pictures for the last week of the initiative,…

Tillage focus: Coeliacs celebrate as combines roll

July 28, 2018

Tillage

Glanbia’s gluten-free oats business has grown over the past five years. AgriLand visited a field of the niche crop being harvested last week…

Flahavan’s is the number one organic oat product in the UK

July 18, 2018

Tillage

Based in Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, Flahavan’s – the sixth-generation family business – has moved with the times and it looks to be paying off.…

Move over dairy; Oatly! is in demand

June 11, 2018

Tillage

Tillage farmers who are constantly being told ‘there’s money in cows’ or ‘you may sow grass’ might be glad to hear that Oatly!…

Driving yields forward in winter and spring oats

May 24, 2018

Two of the most popular varieties of winter and spring oats, Husky and Barra, are highly responsive to fungicides. Mildew is an ongoing…

‘Winter oats will compensate for overwinter plant losses’

February 1, 2018

Tillage

The three-crop rule has seen a resurgence in the area of oats grown in Ireland in the past number of years. With this…

Down to the crunch: Is there a market for Irish grains in snack production?

January 31, 2018

Tillage

Value-added grains and products – such as bread, biscuits and crackers – are needed to improve the profitability of the Irish tillage industry.…

2018 winter cereal recommended lists are out

September 25, 2017

Tillage

By Siobhan Walsh The winter cereal recommended lists for 2018 were published last week by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s…

Organic gluten-free oats enterprise developed by Laois farmer

August 28, 2017

Tillage

Organic gluten-free oats became an addition to a Laois farmer’s enterprise, after his daughter posed a question. Kevin Scully from Vicarstown, converted the…

Irish cereal production dropped by 12.3% in 2016

March 24, 2017

Tillage

Overall production of wheat, oats and barley in Ireland decreased by 12.3% in 2016, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show.…

‘Now is the time to treat barley and oat crops for mildew’

March 13, 2017

Tillage

Heavy infestations of mildew are apparent in a significant number of barley, oat and wheat crops at the present time, according to Teagasc’s Head…

Grazing winter oats – a US perspective

December 4, 2016

Tillage

Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then graze the growing…

Crows destroy 30ac of oats, wild bird cover crops to blame says farmer

May 30, 2016

Tillage

Crows have destroyed 30ac of oats on one Co. Galway farmer and he has put the problem down to the increasing amount of wild…

Watch great drone footage as gluten-free oat harvest comes to a close

September 9, 2015

Tillage

Glanbia recently got some excellent drone footage of the gluten-free oat harvest. According to Rob O’Keeffe of Glanbia the gluten-free oat harvest is…