Tillage
The last week has seen the winter planting season get underway in earnest, as ground conditions...
With spring planting work now in full swing, Teagasc is highlighting the need to maintain optimal...
Forestry
Forestry planting levels have yet to gain any momentum from the improvement in afforestation...
Teagasc has confirmed that shallow cultivation of post-harvest stubbles must take place within 10...
Opinion
At some stage in the near future, a review and assessment on the outcome of the 2023/2024 cereal...
A total of 4,761ha has been approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)...
Prices for timber have remained stable in the second quarter of the year, according to a forestry...
There has been "almost no" spring crops planted according to Teagasc, with only the driest ground...
An area of 65ha has been planted in the first six weeks of 2024, according to the latest figures...
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is "committed" to publishing a composite...
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...
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...
Teagasc tillage specialist Kieran Collins has travelled a fair bit over recent days, checking on...
Agri-Business
Less potatoes were planted in Ireland this year due to spiraling input costs for growers, according...
Rural Life
Legal proceedings have begun against semi-state forestry firm Coillte in relation to the alleged...
Tillage farmers are currently frustrated with the drawn out harvest and the unsettled...
With winter barley crops coming off fields early this season, it is ideal for planting winter...
Grain markets didn’t do much to excite this week, but there were positive signs for French and US...
Environment
Recent weather conditions have upped the pressure on farmers across the country with the challenge...
Francis, Gavin and Diarmuid Owens are tillage farmers in Ballycullane, just outside Athy, Co....
There is mounting concern that the rate of farmer (forestry) planting will continue to fall, if...
