Tillage
Harvest 2024 produces increased cereal yields
Cereal yields are increasing noticeably as the harvest progresses, according to Teagasc specialist, Shay Phelan. “The winter grain harvest is...
Winter Cereals
Dairy
Advice: Choose wholecrop harvest date based on farm needs
Dairy farmers making wholecrop silage from winter or spring cereals should choose the crop’s harvest date and percentage dry matter...
Tillage
Growers must 'minimise risk of disease strains developing' - CAFRE
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes. Crops...
Tillage
Herbicide-resistant meadow grasses pose threat to weed control
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc research scientist, Vijaya Bhaskar. In...
N.Ireland
'Winter crop development is still progressing' - CAFRE
College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers...
N.Ireland
CAFRE reflects on NI spring planting opportunities
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has just published a crops update for Northern Ireland. It relates...
Tillage
Tillage: How to make best use of organic manures
Before tillage farmers start applying organic manures to stubble ground or crops, two questions must be addressed. Firstly, is there...
Tillage
Growers advised to use plant counts for winter cereals
Teagasc tillage specialist, Ciaran Collins, is advising growers to use plant counts to determine a management strategy for winter cereals....
Tillage
Tillage: Priorities for winter cereal crops
March beckons and tillage farmers will be keen to kick-on with the management priorities associated with winter cereal crops, planted...
Tillage
Tillage: When is a winter cereal not a winter cereal?
Defining what is actually constituted by a winter cereal is an issue that Irish cereal growers may well be facing...
N.Ireland
NI: Maximum of 50% of planned winter crops in the ground
It has been estimated that cereal growers in Northern Ireland have succeeded in getting no more than 50% of the...
Tillage
Slug damage at high levels in newly established cereal crops
Slug damage is evident in many crops this autumn with wet weather being the primary factor in this regard, according...
Tillage
Tillage: Weather impact highlighted in latest crop report
Autumn planting will be delayed again this year as many fields are close to saturation point as a result of recent heavy...
Tillage
Crops update: Winter wheat responding well to weather
Winter wheat has responded well in the last few weeks to the weather conditions and the application of nitrogen (N)...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Cereal crop management - nitrogen
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crops advisor, Leigh McClean, is recommending that farmers should apply second nitrogen...
N.Ireland
CAFRE crops update confirms impact of high fertiliser prices
The latest crops update from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland has confirmed the...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Fertiliser application on winter cereals
Teagasc is advising that fertiliser application on winter cereals will be the priority over the coming days. There are large...
Tillage
Growers should walk all winter crops ASAP - Teagasc
Growers should “walk all winter crops” as soon possible, Teagasc tillage specialist Shay Phelan has warned. Phelan expects that growers...