Tillage
Grain price: Prices at home unchanged; yields poor
As more combines made it to the fields this week a bleak picture unfolded for winter barley yields. Crops cut...
Tillage
As more combines made it to the fields this week a bleak picture unfolded for winter barley yields. Crops cut...
Tillage
As more winter barley is cut and crops are baled it is becoming clear that in many parts of the...
Tillage
Straw is in demand, with tillage farmers reporting plenty of orders in the past few weeks. However, a hold on...
Tillage
Many orders for straw have been and are being made already according to reports from around the country. The drought...
Sheep
As we edge closer to the mid-season lambing period, now is the time for farmers to stock up on essential...
Dairy
Tillage farmers finally got to the fields last weekend and over the course of this week to harvest crops. With...
Tillage
Straw is a sensitive matter this season. Many tillage farmers have opted to turn on the chopper, which costs about...
Tillage
Straw prices seem to be finding a floor and while the wet weather is having a serious effect on harvest...
Tillage
The winter barley harvest is drawing to a close in many parts of the country. Harvesting of winter oats and...
Tillage
Straw as we all know is a valuable commodity – the full value of which is difficult to estimate. Tillage...
Tillage
Straw prices are a bit of a mystery at the minute. It seems to be hard to get a definite...
Tillage
Reporting from Ontario, Canada. It seems demand for straw is healthy across the water, like it is here in Ireland....
Tillage
The heavy rain at the weekend brought combines to a halt. The end of last week saw the harvest start...
Tillage
Mushroom composters have recognised the importance of a local straw supply, following last year’s shortage, and are proposing contracts to...
Tillage
Tillage farmers have raised concerns over the quality of some straw being imported into the country from further afield. Having...
Tillage
27% of AgriLand readers are paying over €30/bale (4X4) for barley straw. That’s according to a poll carried out on...
Tillage
This season has brought a lot of challenges, but farmers are resourceful. The commodity is in such demand – due...
Agri-Business
Bord na Mona (BNM) is aiming to substantially increase its offering of peat used for livestock bedding for the upcoming...