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Is a straw shortage on the cards?

June 17, 2018

A significant decrease in straw availability looks likely this harvest. While the cereal crop area is down, the straw yield also looks like…

Tillage focus: Straw yield could drop to 4 bales/ac in the ‘dry’ south-east

June 14, 2018

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2018 has been a very unusual year for Irish farming. The extremely wet spring led to difficult sowing conditions and the recent prolonged…

Dry weather slowing grass growth; some spring crops struggling

June 12, 2018

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The prolonged spell of dry weather has taken its toll on crops across the country. In some parts, rain has not fallen in…

Forage focus: Feeding home-grown crops on rented land in Co. Galway

June 11, 2018

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Eamonn Burke is a farmer with a difference; he has no land of his own. The Co. Galway man farms on rented ground…

Spring barley: Awns peeping and BYDV is back

June 6, 2018

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Spring barley crops are at many different stages of growth across the country. Some are only receiving first fungicides, while awns are peeping…

How Ballykeefe Distillery makes whiskey from barley grown on its own farm

June 3, 2018

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Jamie Baggott is the Master Distiller at Ballykeefe Distillery. Jamie – originally from the UK – is one of the most decorated distillers…

Tillage focus: Whiskey and beef from spring barley in Co. Kilkenny

May 28, 2018

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Ballykeefe Distillery is set to be the next big thing in the Irish agri-food industry. It is the only farm in Ireland producing…

CROPS WATCH: Spring barley needs help early to reach potential

May 21, 2018

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In this installment of CROPS WATCH, Kevin Nolan of Nolan farming is planting his last crop of spring barley of the season. In…

Tillage management: Plant counts are important for decision making

May 15, 2018

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Tillage farmers are extremely busy at the minute, but it is important to walk and monitor crops. Plant counts allow farmers to assess…

Spring barley: Uncontrolled diseases could decrease yields by 25-40%

May 13, 2018

Many growers are facing difficult decisions this season regarding management of their spring cereal crops. The facts are undeniable as we face a…

Tillage focus: Still sowing spring crops in south Wexford

May 13, 2018

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It’s almost the middle of May and, in a normal year, spring barley crops would have received a herbicide spray and many would…

Tillage management: Aphid counts remained low at the end of April

May 4, 2018

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Aphid numbers dropped in the last week of April. An average of just 4.1 aphids/m² were counted on April 25. The aphid counts…

Spring sowing hasn’t started in parts of the country

May 4, 2018

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It’s hard to believe that it’s the beginning of May and farmers in parts of the country have not started to sow spring…

Tillage focus: Growing maize on contract is working in Co. Wexford

May 4, 2018

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Kevin McCann was finally getting into spring sowing when AgriLand visited his farm just outside Camolin in Co. Wexford this week. Maize was…

Barley protein: Nitrogen timing more important than rate

May 2, 2018

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There is still a lot of spring barley to be sown across the country. However, some crops are up and out of the…

Tillage focus: Sowing spring barley and getting to grips with a new drill

April 22, 2018

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Mark Daynes ventured out to the ploughed fields on Thursday last in another attempt to get some spring barley sown. The young farmer…

Grain growers express concerns over land use change in Athy

April 20, 2018

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The Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) has made a submission to Kildare County Council in relation to a change to the Athy Town…

Tillage management: Spring barley checklist

April 13, 2018

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Some tillage farmers have been able to take advantage of ploughing and sowing opportunities this week and it looks like more opportunities will…

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