Tillage
‘UK cereal growers now using glyphosate up to six times in the same season’
Significant numbers of UK tillage are using glyphosate to tackle grassland weeds up to six times in a single season,...
Tillage
Significant numbers of UK tillage are using glyphosate to tackle grassland weeds up to six times in a single season,...
Tillage
The area of winter wheat in Ireland is down 15.6% year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said. Preliminary estimates...
Tillage
The world is currently awash with wheat, and this is having a negative impact on the price of cereals produced...
Tillage
The production estimate for the 2015/2016 global wheat crop has been revised upwards to 720.3m tonnes by the International Grains Council...
Tillage
A farmer in the UK has broken the world record for harvesting the highest-yielding wheat crop ever recorded after he...
Tillage
French wheat production is set to top 40m tonnes, according to state body FranceAgriMer. In its latest crop update it said...
Rural Life
Harvesting is in full swing at the moment, including in the US where the LaRosh family is harvesting wheat. The...
Tillage
Cereal growers will not be cutting winter wheat crops before August 20, according to Teagasc tillage advisor Shay Phelan. “That’s...
Tillage
Irish cereal crops have the potential to yield very heavily this year with some wheats on target to deliver 6t/ac,...
Tillage
The Soil Association in the UK is urging tillage farmers not to use glyphosate (Roundup, Touchdown) as a pre-harvest spray...
Tillage
The spotlight will be on spring barley, winter barley and winter wheat varieties at the upcoming Irish Seed Trade Association’s...
Tillage
The results of genetically modified (GM) wheat trials carried out by Rothamsted Research in the UK confirm that the cultivars...
Tillage
Spring beans work tremendously well as a break within a tillage rotation, according to Irish rugby star Rory Best. The...
Tillage
Irish farmers grow some of the highest crop yields in the world but, given our climate, significant inputs are required,...
Tillage
Barley yields may well be down by up to a quarter of a tonne per acre this year, according to...
Tillage
Ireland’s tillage area may well shrink over the coming years as dairy expands, according to UCD’s Dr Tom McCabe. “But...
Tillage
The European Commission has increased its estimates for both maize and barley production in 2015/16 in its latest balance sheet and...
Tillage
Winter wheat crops are approaching their flag leaf spray, David Leahy Agronomist with Glanbia says. This year programmes have been...