Tillage focus: Will this new flour mill be built in Co. Wexford? May 10, 2020 Tillage If you could buy flour produced from Irish wheat, would you? If you found out the flour on shop shelves was not Irish,…
Tillage Focus: Building a sustainable business in Co. Waterford May 3, 2020 Tillage Padraig Connery hails from Clashmore in Co. Waterford and farms between here and Villierstown. He has been farming full-time for almost six years…
Tillage focus: Irrigating wheat in the dry north-east April 25, 2020 Tillage It’s the wheat that’s being irrigated on Whyte Brothers’ Farm these days; not the potatoes. Rain is needed in the north-east where the…
Tillage Focus: Maize contracts, direct drilling and cover crops April 19, 2020 Tillage Ray O’Regan farms near Tramore in Co. Waterford. The young farmer is happy to have his spring cereal crops set following the wet…
Look back: ‘You can start small. You don’t have to start big’ January 1, 2020 Tillage In this ‘look back’, we take a short journey into the past to October and the Macra Annual Conference. The Saturday of the…
Look back: This farm will soon have its own whisky and beer December 31, 2019 Tillage Over the Christmas period, there’s no doubt a few people will enjoy the products from David Walsh Kemmis’s farm. Back in August, AgriLand…
Look back: Mixing varieties, reducing chemicals and direct drilling in Co. Louth December 29, 2019 Tillage For today’s ‘look back’ we revisit Gareth Culligan’s farm in Co. Louth. Gareth’s story really took off, along with some of his BASE…
Look back: Progressive and open…leading the way in Ontario, Canada December 28, 2019 Tillage In July, AgriLand took an insightful trip with the Grain Farmers of Ontario, Canada. Last year, Ireland was the biggest buyer of exported…
Look back: Wholecrop soybean harvest in Co. Wicklow December 27, 2019 Tillage AgriLand readers really like silage and machinery. This silage harvest was not an average pick up though. In today’s ‘Look back’ we revisit…
Look back: ‘Irish barley is essential to the business’ December 25, 2019 Agri-Business Irish barley, Irish drinks and imported grain are something that feature quite a bit in the news and cause frustration for tillage farmers.…
Look back: Green army finishes potato planting in 3 counties December 24, 2019 Tillage In early May, AgriLand saw the O’Gorman brothers’ ‘Green Army’ at work, planting potatoes in Co. Laois. The video from the story is…
Look back: The first drilling of the year…beans in Co. Kildare December 23, 2019 Tillage Over the course of the year AgriLand visited a number of young tillage farmers. Their enthusiasm and attention to detail are great to…
Look back: Some of the top tillage visits of the year December 22, 2019 Tillage Over the next few days AgriLand will take a look back at some of the most popular visits over the past year. From…
Tillage focus: Plenty of young tillage farmers training up in Kildalton December 1, 2019 Tillage This year, 35 first year students have opted to study tillage at Kildalton Agricultural College – that accounts for 27% of the students…
Tillage focus: ‘You can start small. You don’t have to start big’ November 3, 2019 Tillage “You can start small. You don’t have to start big. You’re every bit as important as a small tillage farmer, as the fella…
Tillage focus: Wholecrop soybean harvest in Co. Wicklow October 20, 2019 Tillage It wasn’t just an average silage pick up in Stratford, Co. Wicklow, when AgriLand visited John Wynne’s farm in early September. The dairy,…
Tillage focus: New wheels, maps and AutoTrac in Co. Kildare September 1, 2019 Tillage Kevin O’Gorman was making light work of a crop of Bennington winter wheat in south Kildare this week. The O’Gorman brothers’ new John…
Tillage focus: Harvest becoming very difficult August 20, 2019 Tillage The harvest has become a trying time for tillage farmers. Heavy rain showers have made cutting impossible in some areas, while others have…
