Tillage
Tillage: Potash remains key nutrient for potato crops
Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the...
Tillage
Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the...
Tillage
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has emphasised the role of potassium in reversing the impact of waterlogging in soils. This...
Tillage
According to a soil specialist based at the University of Adelaide in Australia, potassium (K) availability is linked to the...
Tillage
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), potassium affects both the yield and quality of grain, as well as the...
Tillage Technical
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), catch and cover crops form an important cog in the tillage regenerative farming...
Tillage
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), soil pH must be considered the all-important starting point of any crop fertiliser...
Tillage Technical
The latest Teagasc crops update reviews the range of phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) requirements that will deliver optimal results...
Grass
Whether it be saving first-cut silage or taking paddocks out of the rotation, it is important not to forget the...
Dairy
Fertiliser nutrients are not applied to make plants grow; it is rather a lack of an adequate supply of one...
Grass
90% of the soils analysed by Teagasc in 2015 had sub-optimal levels of soil pH, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)....
Tillage
Farmers have been urged to give careful consideration to the fertilisers they use to grow tillage crops, as soil fertility...
Opinion
By John McHugh, dairy farmer, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Many farmers have and continue to invest heavily in building the phosphorous...
Environment
The unseasonably good weather being experienced in many parts of the country has given farmers a great opportunity to spread...
Environment
Lime is one of the most important nutrients any farmer can spread on their land to address soil pH issues,...
Tillage
Low soil Potassium levels will have a negative impact on the yields produced by barley crops, Teagasc’s Mark Plunkett has...
Grass
Lime is the most important and cheapest nutrient that farmers can apply to their soils to increase grass growth, according...
Environment
Lime is required on up to 65% of dairy farms, the statistic is a major concern as land is the...