Tillage
Recommended seed rates for 2024/2025 planting season sees change
Teagasc has amended both winter barley and winter wheat recommended seed rates for 2024/2025 in line with projected plant numbers....
winter wheat
Tillage
Demand for BYDV-tolerant winter barley varieties strong
Teagasc has confirmed that demand for barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDY)-tolerant winter barley varieties is very strong, Tillage specialist at...
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Tillage Technical
Crops Forum: Winter OSR now the most reliable crop
The 2024 Crops Forum hosted by Teagasc highlighted the fact that winter oilseed rape (OSR) is fast becoming a ‘good...
Tillage
Tillage: Planting winter cereal crops
With the end of the 2024 grain harvest now in sight, growers will be turning their thoughts to the planting...
N.Ireland
AHDB publishes second harvest update for 2024
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published its second harvest update for 2024. It reflects the impact...
N.Ireland
Winter OSR and barley harvest almost wrapped up in NI
The winter oilseed rape (OSR) and barley harvest is almost completed across most of Northern Ireland, according to Christopher Gill,...
Tillage
Winter wheat harvest underway in north Cork
The first of this year’s winter wheat crops have been harvested in the Mallow area, according to member of the...
Opinion
Opinion: Why the IGGG approach makes total sense
It would be very easy for a farm organisation, such as the Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG), to expect the...
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Tillage
Winter barley coming in at 4.8t/ac in Co. Down
East Co. Down cereal grower, Allan Chambers, is confirming a yield of 4.8t/ac from the first of his 2024 winter...
Tillage
Is septoria threatening the long-term future of Irish wheat production?
Unchecked levels of septoria infection in a large number of crops are threatening the future of winter wheat production in...
Tillage
Tillage: The 2024 winter barley harvest is underway
The first crops of winter barley were combined in Co. Louth this week, but the subsequent rains brought harvesting work...
Tillage
Winter barley 2024: Combines will be rolling within a fortnight
Assuming the weather holds, the first of this year’s winter barley crops will be combined within the next fortnight. This...
Tillage
Time to make a decision on combining or whole cropping
The option of whole cropping winter barley, but more likely, winter wheat, may well be a thought in many tillage...
Tillage
Tillage: Fieldwork gathers pace amid improving ground conditions
Fieldwork continues apace on all tillage farms. Ground conditions are good and crops are responding well to the improved weather...
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Armagh grower commits to growing winter crops only
Co. Armagh cereal grower, Tim McClelland, is maintaining an effective crop rotation by focusing on winter crops only. McClelland said:...
Tillage Technical
UK winter wheat crops in a very poor state - AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across...
Tillage
Tillage spring planting - south and midlands fare the best
Teagasc has confirmed that 90% of spring tillage planting work has now been completed in the south of the country...
Tillage
Global grain watch: US winter wheat rating dips
The most recent update from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed another drop in winter wheat crop...