Tillage
Teagasc has just launched a new initiative, the Soil Cycle Project, designed to optimise the use of organic manures on cereal crops
Rain is badly needed in many parts of the country to get winter oilseed rape crops through germination over the coming days
ADAS has compiled a series of guidelines, advising farmers on how they can make best use of organic manures and slurries.
Environment
The Agriculture Water Quality Working Group has agreed on a set of draft recommendations to put forward to the Minister for Agriculture.
ADAS has recently compiled a series of guidelines, advising farmers on how the can make best use of organic manures and slurries.
Dairy
Moving organic manures from farms to newly leased land or tillage land currently does not require regulation, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Tillage News
The draft report from the Food Vision Tillage Group confirms the role of agricultural contractors in the future of the crops sector
Opinion
I sense that tremendous opportunities are about to come the way of the Irish food industry. And we will have Britain to thank for this.
Beef News
Teagasc has recently outlined the soil nutrient and financial values of a range of different organic manures.
Tillage Technical
Emissions from soil of nitrous oxide can be drastically reduced just by adding carbon-rich manure, according to research.
According to Teagasc tillage specialist Ciaran Collins, nitrogen prices are up 250% relative to this time last year.
Given the recent hike in fertiliser prices, Irish tillage farmers will want to make greater use of organic manures within their businesses
In order to maintain soil health all three pillars need to be adhered to and any pillar can only partially compensate for neglecting another.
Using organic manures on your tillage farm isn't as simple as just spreading and incorporating, according to Dermot Forristal of Teagasc.
The Irish Tillage and Land Use Society will hold its annual winter conference next Thursday (December 6) in the Clanard Court Hotel, Athy.
