Tillage
The Department of Environment, Food and and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the initial grain and oilseed harvest estimates for England
Co Meath potato grower, Tony McKeever, is confirming that his potato yields will be down 10%, year-on-year.
Tillage News
The very wet conditions that have impacted across many countries this summer have combined to deliver the smallest feed wheat crop since 2018
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming a downward revision in 2024 projected crop yields
East Co Down cereal grower, Allan Chambers, is confirming a yield of 4.8t/ac from the first of his 2024 winter barley crops
Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively...
Teagasc is confirming a drop in potato yields, year-on-year, of 10 to 15%. The area of main crop grown in 2022 came in at 4,700ha.
Agri-Business
Drought and heatwave conditions in much of Europe are continuing to substantially reduce yield outlooks for the EU’s summer crops.
A UK farm manager took part in the Tillage Edge podcast to discuss various aspects of the enterprise including the weather impact.
Teagasc has confirmed that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) was noted as a threat to winter barley crops back as far as spring and is affecting barley yields.
Teagasc is confirming that, overall, cereal production from Harvest 2021 is estimated to be slightly over 2.3 million tonnes.
A significant number of tillage farmers in England and Wales have not applied P & K to their crops over the past five years
I am not a tillage expert but it doesn’t take Albert Einstein to work out that all cereal crops have recovered tremendously over recent weeks.
Cereal production for 2017 is up on last year at 2.3 million t, as spring barley reaches record yields. Total cereal acreage is down by 5.2%.
After a relatively good start, the majority of combines have ceased working in cereal fields in recent days - at least for the short-term.
After a slow start up to June 1, maize crops have caught up now, having "jumped out of the ground", according to John Foley of Maizetech.
Winter barley yields have been a mixed bag, with yields ranging from 3t/ac to 4.25t/ac so far this harvest.
Winter oilseed rape has been performing very well and has been described as one of the better stories so far this harvest.
Growers around the country should 'hold grain and sell hard', according to the IFA's Grain Committee Chairman, Liam Dunne.
Harvesting is well underway in the south east, with winter oats now starting to come onto the weigh bridges in the last few days.
Combines have been rolling the last number of weeks, with quite a bit of the country's winter barley crop now harvested.
Feed barley needs to be at a base price of €160/t and wheat €15-18/t above that, according to the Irish Grain Growers Group Chairperson.
Grain merchants are busy on the weigh bridges, with tillage farmers bringing in crops of winter barley as harvest 20117 ramps up.
