Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that volunteer cereals are now coming through recently planted winter oilseed rape crops
According to Teagasc, winter oilseed rape has been a key success story of 2025: most crops have averaged over 5t/ac.
There is a growing expectation that winter oilseed rape planting levels will increase appreciably in 2025/26.
Seedtech is confirming that the first of the new season’s winter oilseed rape crops will be planted out over the next day or so.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is indicating that a significant number of winter wheat crops have exceeded the 5t/ac threshold
Spring has arrived and tillage farmers are now entering one of their busiest times of the year, from a field work perspective.
There is a general consensus that most crops of winter cereals and oilseed rape are entering the spring of 2025 in tremendous shape.
Cereal growers in Northern Ireland are being encouraged to apply the first split of nitrogen fertiliser to winter barley crops.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is confirming that most winter oilseed rape crops are looking well at the present time.
Tillage farmers have been strongly advised to checks crops of winter oilseed rape for signs of phoma infection.
Given the delayed harvest, chances to drill oilseed rape (OSR) were more limited this year. However, slug damage doesn’t seem to be an issue
Tillage Technical
Winter oilseed rape is fast becoming a ‘good news’ story. It is now the most reliable and consistent crop option available in Ireland...
With ground conditions reasonably good, the drilling of winter oilseed rape crops is expected to get underway next week.
Drummonds are confirming that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) tolerant varieties of winter barley have performed well this year.
Co. Armagh cereal grower, Tim McClelland, is maintaining an effective crop rotation by focussing on winter crops only.
Teagasc is confirming that, to date, there has been no spring planting of note, with only the driest ground supporting field work.
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties.
The history books will show that late spring plantings set the scene for all the challenges that followed on tillage farms
The opportunity to successfully grow winter malting barley is regarded as a game changer by Co Donegal tillage farmer, Peter Lynch.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has highlighted a number of fieldwork priorities for tillage farmers, which should be addressed
Research has confirmed that mid-October is the optimal time to sow winter wheat crops under Irish conditions.
Winter oilseed rape (WOSR) is characterised by the crop's ability to develop sufficient canopy from a relatively low plant count.
