Agri-Business
Guidance on good practice during sprayer operations
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Rural Life
Met Éireann has issued new Status Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice, which will come into force from tomorrow...
Environment
Rainfall will remain “above average” across the country over the next seven days, with the highest amounts in the north and...
Environment
Following the outcome of EU member states voting on the European Commission’s proposal to renew the use of glyphosate, an...
Environment
In a vote today (Friday, October 13), a proposal to renew the use of glyphosate for 10 years did not...
Environment
The closed period for the application of chemical fertiliser (nitrogen N and phosphorous P) will commence on Friday, September 15,...
Tillage Technical
All crops are now responding well to the improved weather conditions that have impacted across the country over the past...
Tillage
The first split of nitrogen (N) should be applied to winter barley crops, as a matter of priority, according to...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc is advising that fertiliser application on winter cereals will be the priority over the coming days. There are large...
Tillage Technical
The current spell of dry weather will provide tillage farmers with an opportunity to complete spraying programmes that were started...
Tillage
New data from Corteva Agriscience has shown that farmers can achieve excellent levels of control of volunteer oats in the...
Tillage
Teagasc has assessed the reasons why winter barley has been such a disappointing crop for Irish farmers in 2022. Tillage...
Tillage
In terms of tillage advice, Drummonds agronomists are strongly recommending that spring barley growers get on with their T2 spraying...
Dairy Technical
It is around this time in the season, when weeds are young and actively growing, that they are at the...
Tillage
Teagasc has confirmed that the spend incurred on spray-applied products on modern crop farms can range from €150/ha to €300/ha...
Tillage
A new Spray Assist App is now available in Ireland, which is designed to help sprayer operators select the most...
Tillage
AgriLand has compiled comprehensive lists of herbicides, fungicides, plant growth regulators and insecticides (see below). As always, when applying pesticides farmers...
Tillage
Leaving a cloud of mist behind the sprayer has never been a good thing and in 2020 it is no...