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With significant warm weather spells over the last month, many farmers across the country may be...
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Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers is confirming that the 2026 winter barley harvest is almost over, with crops topping out at 3.75t/ac.
Apart from the north-west, the 2026 winter barley harvest is almost wrapped up while the winter oats harvest continues apace.
Initial winter barley yields are coming in around 3.5t/ac with moisture levels dropping with every hour that passes.
With high pressure building across Ireland over the coming days, the flag is about to be dropped on Harvest 2026.
Only Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) tolerant varieties of winter barley will be included in future Goldcrop trials’ programmes.
This week will provide tillage farmers with the opportunity to complete their disease control programmes on winter cereal crops
Co. Down cereal grower, Allan Chambers, believes that cool, dry weather conditions at this time of the year can boost winter cereal yields.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming a deterioration in winter cereal crop scores across the UK.
Tillage farmers must totally re-think their management of winter barley crops as they seek to maximise yields.
Production of the three main cereals grown in Ireland - wheat, barley, and oats - jumped by 299,000 tonnes last year to 2.311 million tonnes.
Securing optimal disease control in winter crops at this stage in the growing season is critical in determining their final yield potential.
Teagasc advisors are indicating that significant numbers of winter wheat crops are currently progressing through stem extension
April is an extremely important period of the growing season from a winter barley crop management perspective
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that most winter barley crops are looking well
Seedtech has issued a crop update from its Co Waterford trials’ site, covering a range of winter cereal and oilseed rape varieties
A recent crop walk hosted by CAFRE on the South Down farm of Shaw Hanna featured a discussion on the key challenge posed by winter barley
Teagasc has issued its first crop report of the year. It highlights the continuing impact of the very wet start to 2026
Preventing winter barley crops from succumbing to the threat of manganese deficiency is now a field work priority.
Winter oilseed rape ticked all the boxes in 2025, according to Goldcrop cereal variety manager, John Dunne.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that most winter cereal crops are looking very well
The weather over the next few days will determine if tillage farmers in Northern Ireland will further commit to the autumn planting season
The last week has seen the winter planting season get underway in earnest: ground conditions remain excellent.
