Soil moisture levels have improved in some parts over the past week, while others have gone slightly further into deficit,...
July 6, 2020
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) have shown signs of improvement from last week following the rain of recent days. Soils in...
June 23, 2020
The Irish field vegetable sector is being severely impacted by the continuing drought according to a statement from the Irish...
June 9, 2020
Rainfall figures for the month of February were at their highest levels on record in much of the country. According...
March 4, 2020
There has been very little let up in weather over the past few weeks, with rainfall amounts reaching well above...
February 25, 2020
The continuous rain and flooding of recent days, weeks and months has left ground in unworkable condition. No prizes will...
Recent weather conditions have upped the pressure on farmers across the country with the challenge of waterlogged land causing significant...
November 4, 2019
Many more farmers have been forced to house their animals due to the heavy and almost persistent rain experienced across...
October 8, 2019
The wet weather of the past few days has put a complete stop to harvest progress. Large amounts of rainfall...
August 13, 2019
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are starting to look a lot less attractive than they have all year. On Wednesday (November...
December 2, 2018
A mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers will cross the country this weekend, Met Eireann predicts. There are three...
November 9, 2018
Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) are almost back to field capacity in the north east of the country. In fact, on...
September 1, 2018
Unsettled weather conditions are in store this week with a mixture of sunny spells, heavy rain, rising temperatures and humid...
August 13, 2018
There is very little change expected in soil moisture deficits this week, apart from some slight relief in the north-west of...
July 23, 2018
A Status Yellow rainfall warning issued by Met Eireann is set to halt silage-cutting operations in parts of the country...
May 31, 2018
Persistent wet conditions have left a lot of work undone. Fields have yet to be ploughed and the majority of...
April 4, 2018
The decade from 2006 to 2015 was Ireland’s wettest on record, with a 10-year average rainfall of almost 1990mm per...
March 27, 2018
Winter wheat often undergoes hardship; perhaps even more so this season, as growers scrambled to plant crops when weather conditions...
March 8, 2018
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