At the Teagasc National Tillage Conference event today, January 29, farmers completed a survey and it provided some interesting answers.

The audience outlined the loss of pesticides as one of the biggest challenges facing the sector. 91% listed this as their top challenge.

77% of participants in the survey saw cover crops as the way to protect soils in continuous tillage.

72% of people who took the survey stated that they see food-grade oats and cereal crops for malting as the biggest opportunities in the sector’s future.

The full results of the survey are below.