Tillage
The challenge of herbicide resistant grass weeds continues to grow on Irish tillage farms at an alarming rate.
Given the threat of herbicide resistance, agronomists are strongly advising that grass weeds should not be allowed to develop seed heads.
Teagasc has published an overview of the herbicide resistance status of grass weed populations within tillage systems during 2024.
Getting on with field work as quickly as possible is the key priority now confronting those tillage farmers with spring cereal crops
Farmers must commit to using different herbicide strategies each year, if they want to prevent weed resistance
Resistance demonstrated by both grass- and broadleaf-weeds to applied herbicides is on the rise, according to Teagasc.
Tillage Technical
It has been claimed that existing chemistries can still play a role in controlling herbicide-resistant weeds
Herbicide-resistant weed population has been an issue for UK cereal for many years: is history about to repeat itself in Ireland?
Most farmers have grass weed problems - big or small - on their farms and need to be proactive in controlling these weeds.
Wild oats and other grass weeds like canary and rye grass need to be kept under control in cereal ground.
Farmers are tackling weeds in spring barley. Wild oats may be controlled with broadleaved weeds, when rules are followed.
The main news at Syngenta's technical briefing was the introduction of Axial Pro - wild oat and grass herbicide - to the market for 2019.
Rural Life
Returning from England, Karen Cottier bought a farmhouse with outbuildings in Lismore, that is a base for making soaps and bath milks.
Anyone who grew up on or had a close connection to a tillage farm, may have spent many an evening pulling wild oats.
Regular crops inspections ensure that Irish crops destined for the seed market are extremely clean of both weeds and off-types.
The first of the weed grasses present in cereals had to originate somewhere, according to Barry O'Reilly of the Department of Agriculture.
