Tillage
Fertiliser: Ideal conditions for spreading on the way
With a dry spell of weather forecast for the coming week and soil temperatures on the rise it is the...
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With a dry spell of weather forecast for the coming week and soil temperatures on the rise it is the...
Tillage
Teagasc will hold its annual winter crop walks across the country this week. Farmers and agronomists are invited to the...
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Teagasc estimates that the winter cereal area for this season (2018/2019) has increased by 27,800ha since 2017/2018 – that’s a...
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Aphid numbers have dropped back from their high at the end of October. Numbers at Teagasc Oakpark reached 25.6 aphids/m²...
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Anyone currently sowing winter cereals on soil with a phosphorus (P) index of 1 or 2 can still apply P...
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Winter cereals are being drilled into the ground all over the country. The focus at present is on getting crops...
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The winter barley acreage is set to increase by approximately 36% and return to peak levels this growing season. Donal...
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The exceptional growing season gone by provided a poor year for testing varieties for disease – one of the biggest...
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Current dry conditions and a fear of a return of wet conditions – like last winter – will no doubt...
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Poor ground conditions over the winter left many crops without a herbicide. Although farmers are eager to get out with...
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Thomas Lonergan is in a minority group; he’s a young tillage farmer. Having studied at Kildalton College, he came home...
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Winter crop acreage looks to be down, despite a burst of planting equipment to the tillage fields in the past...
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“The hardest machine to move in city traffic is the combine. The balers are big enough as well. They can...
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Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) has become a major talking point in Irish cereal production in the past number of...
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Francis, Gavin and Diarmuid Owens are tillage farmers in Ballycullane, just outside Athy, Co. Kildare. The brothers sow mostly winter...
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Winter cereals are currently being planted where weather allows. Once sowing is completed, farmers should start looking at their autumn...
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Teagasc is reporting quite high levels of mildew infestations in a number of winter cereal crops. “Generally speaking, both wheat...
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Some winter cereal crops have started to yellow slightly over recent days, according to Teagasc tillage advisor Marianne Mulhall. But...