Tillage
So far so good for winter wheat - yields of over 4.5t/ac recorded
Spring barley has just started to be harvested, according to a number of grain merchants around the country. However, combines...
Tillage
Spring barley has just started to be harvested, according to a number of grain merchants around the country. However, combines...
Tillage
Harvesting is well underway in the south-east and the focus has turned to combining winter oats in recent days. Speaking...
Tillage
The variety of winter wheat you choose to sow can have an impact on how much disease is going to...
Rural Life
Two months ago, Louth man John Hoey moved stateside to work on the US harvest of over 100,000 acres of...
Tillage
Tillage farmers are facing negative returns on many crops this year, as projected prices fall short of the cost of...
Tillage
Winter crops are at normal growth stages and all regions report lower than normal plant counts due to the extreme...
Tillage
The area of spring barley is set to decline further in 2016, according to Teagasc. In its update on the...
Tillage
The one downside for cereal growers to the current good spell of weather is the risk that crops might be...
Tillage
Ireland’s tillage farmers have experienced bumper yields in 2015, but despite this harvest some will still struggle financially as a result...
Tillage
The area of winter wheat in Ireland is down 15.6% year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said. Preliminary estimates...
Tillage
Approximately 50% of this year’s winter wheat area has yet to be harvested, according to Teagasc crops specialist Tim O’Donovan....
Tillage
Most tillage areas received 1” of rain over the weekend,” according to Teagasc crops specialist Michael Hennessy. “The fact that...
Tillage
Tillage farmers’ margins increase with hybrids was the take home message from Seedtech’s Commercial Director Aidan Moore at this year’s...
Tillage
Winter tillage crops are up to 10 days behind normal growth rates, according to Teagasc. It says that most wheat...
Tillage
When applying fertiliser to winter wheat Teagasc advises to apply the phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) with the first application...