N.Ireland
NI farmers report strong plant counts in spring cereal crops
Tillage farmers in Northern Ireland are reporting excellent germination rates and plant counts in spring cereal crops that were established...
Spring crops
N.Ireland
Spring planting now well underway in south Antrim
The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural...
Tillage
Herbicide-resistant meadow grasses pose threat to weed control
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc research scientist, Vijaya Bhaskar. In...
Tillage
Tillage update: Some farmers face bare patches in fields
Teagasc advisors are indicating that most tillage farmers will stick with the winter crops that they already have in the...
Tillage
Spring cereal planting survey deadline fast approaching
Tillage farmers have until Friday of this week (January 5) to participate in Teagasc’s spring cereal planting survey. The initiative...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Budget time for spring crops
There is a range of decisions relating to spring crops that farmers must make over the coming days. But a...
Tillage
Tillage: When to use an aphicide with spring barley crops
Early March-sown spring barley crops will not require an aphicide. However, those drilled later in the month, and which emerge...
Tillage
Tillage update: Spring crops - some areas still need work
Most spring crops for 2023 were planted out at the beginning of March, prior to the the onset of the...
Tillage
Port of Constanta rises in prominence for grain exports
The port of Constanta on Romania’s Black Sea coast has, increasingly, been used as a location for grain exports from...
Tillage News
CSO: Wheat, barley and oat production increased in 2021
Production of cereals increased by 22% during 2021, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The Area,...
Tillage
6,000 tillage farmers worked off 2 and 3-crop rule in 2017
According to data from the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), approximately 6,000 farmers were obligated under the two and three-crop...
Tillage
Spring oilseed rape variety options for 2018
Oilseed rape may be a good option for many farmers this spring. The poor weather last autumn resulted in many...