Tillage
Tillage focus: Balancing winter sowing with an on-farm enterprise
Francis, Gavin and Diarmuid Owens are tillage farmers in Ballycullane, just outside Athy, Co. Kildare. The brothers sow mostly winter...
Winter Cereals
Tillage
'Spray herbicide early to control grass weeds'
Winter cereals are currently being planted where weather allows. Once sowing is completed, farmers should start looking at their autumn...
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Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Tillage
High levels of mildew reported in some winter cereals
Teagasc is reporting quite high levels of mildew infestations in a number of winter cereal crops. “Generally speaking, both wheat...
Tillage
Winter cereal crops starting to yellow
Some winter cereal crops have started to yellow slightly over recent days, according to Teagasc tillage advisor Marianne Mulhall. But...