Tillage
According to Teagasc, a range of crop nutrient deficiencies are now visible in spring cereals: a direct result of the ongoing dry weather.
Machinery
All tractors will rust, especially if covered in cow muck, but one Massey Ferguson has escaped this fate in Co Kerry.
A team from the University of Córdoba (UCO) has shown that foliar application with fertiliser increases the concentration of zinc in wheat.