Tillage
Teagasc Oak Park in Co Carlow is the most visited tillage farm in Ireland. The venue hosts numerous open days and discussion groups
The last week has seen the winter planting season get underway in earnest: ground conditions remain excellent.
With spring planting work now in full swing, Teagasc is highlighting the need to maintain optimal levels of soil structure.
Forestry
Forestry planting levels have yet to gain any momentum from the improvement in afforestation licensing, according to SEEFA.
Teagasc is confirming that shallow cultivation of post-harvest stubbles must take place within 10 days of baling.
Opinion
At some stage in the near future, a post-mortem on the outcome of the 2023/24 cereal year will have to take place....
A total of 4,761ha has been approved by the DAFM and is available for planting through the Afforestation Scheme and the NTAS.
Prices for timber have remained stable in the second quarter of the year, according to a forestry timber market survey by the IFA.
Teagasc is confirming that, to date, there has been no spring planting of note, with only the driest ground supporting field work.
An area of 65ha has been planted in the first six weeks of 2024, according to the latest afforestation figures from the DAFM.
DAFM is "committed" to publishing a composite map which will highlight exactly where there are constraints on new forestry.
Minister of State for land use and biodiversity Pippa Hackett is marking National Tree Day today...
With the harvest of 2023 still not complete in some areas, we are now quickly approaching the start of the autumn planting season.
Tillage News
Extreme weather incidents are serving to rock Europe’s potato industry to its very foundations....
Tillage Technical
With no rain of consequence in the forecast, the opportunity to get on with the spring planting season now presents itself.
Teagasc tillage specialist Kieran Collins has travelled a fair bit over recent days, checking on new planting rates and seed bed conditions.
Agri-Business
Less potatoes were planted in Ireland this year due to spiraling input costs according to the chair of the IFA's Potato Committee, Sean Ryan.
Rural Life
Legal proceedings have begun against semi-state forestry firm Coillte in relation to the alleged unlawful planting of lands.
Tillage farmers are currently frustrated with the drawn out harvest and the unsettled weather.
With winter barley crops off fields early this season, it is ideal for planting winter oilseed rape.
The harvest is now underway in many parts of Europe, but a clearer picture will develop as the season progresses.
Environment
Recent weather conditions have upped the pressure on farmers with relentless rainfall forcing farmers to house livestock and halt planting.
Francis Owens was busy planting winter wheat this week in Co. Kildare, where he farms with his brothers Gavin and Diarmuid.
