Tillage
Benefits of effective crop rotation confirmed at tillage conference
The Teagasc annual tillage conference has reiterated the benefits of an effective rotation for crops. These include: the better use...
Tillage
The Teagasc annual tillage conference has reiterated the benefits of an effective rotation for crops. These include: the better use...
Tillage
Tillage farmers have been told they must take full account of the additional costs involved, before they consider replanting cereal...
Tillage Technical
Irish Seed Trade Association (ISTA) president, Tim O’Donovan confirmed at this year’s Teagasc National Tillage Conference that the cereal seed...
Tillage
Teagasc has again highlighted the issue of seed availability as the factor that will drive tillage planning in 2024. Ireland’s...
Tillage
Teagasc is strongly advising tillage farmers to plan their spring plantings campaigns as a matter of priority as seed becomes...
Tillage
Planning for the tillage year ahead is an obvious priority at this time for those farmers committed to growing crops....
Tillage
The history books will show that late spring plantings set the scene for all of the challenges that followed on...
Tillage
The recently published National Farm Survey (NFS) for 2022 provides a detailed breakdown of how the tillage sector performed during...
Tillage
Drummonds’ agronomist, Brian Reilly, has confirmed that winter crop plantings in the north-east are down by approximately 50%, year-on-year. “This...
Tillage
Home-grown spring barley seed could be in short supply next year, according to Goldcrop agronomist, John Dunne. “This very much...
Tillage
Co. Down agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete with many growers...
Tillage
With the weather slightly improving over the coming days, many tillage farmers will be making a dash for the harvest...
Tillage
Farmers with lying straw, who are under increasing pressure because of wet weather conditions, are seeking to “switch” fields under...
Tillage
One of the key points coming out of the recent Teagasc Crops Open Day is the fact that ramularia can...
Tillage Focus
The increasing break crop area available to Irish tillage farmers this autumn should act to boost grain yields in 2024....
Tillage
Drummonds agronomist Brian Reilly has confirmed that 2023 winter barley yields may well come in at between 3t and 3.5t/ac....
Tillage
In terms of disease control, some early drilled crops of spring barley have already received their final fungicide application, according...
Tillage
Spring barley crops are renowned as being ‘lazy rooters’, which begs the question – are they suited to strip-till establishment...