Tillage
EU study highlights need to decrease dependency on imported crops
The European Union needs to decrease dependency on imported crops through policy interventions, according to recommendations from a new study...
Tillage
The European Union needs to decrease dependency on imported crops through policy interventions, according to recommendations from a new study...
Beef
Farming outside Castledermot in Co. Kildare, Peter Byrne and his family run a mixed enterprise farm consisting of both tillage...
Tillage
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue...
Tillage
Taoiseach Simon Harris said today (Thursday, May 16) that the government will be aiming to build on support for tillage farmers...
Tillage
The challenges that confront Irish tillage at the present time are manifold in nature, and recent published figures confirm this...
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has called for the Food Vision Tillage Group to continue functioning to ensure the...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for the recommendations of the Food Vision Tillage Group report to be implemented...
Tillage
The final report of the Food Vision Tillage Group has recommended that an immediate financial support package be put in...
Tillage
Teagasc has confirmed the benefits of rolling spring barley and wheat crops and three factors come into play. Rolling encourages...
Rural Life
A weighbridge facility is set to be available for use by local farmers once it has been built, according to...
Tillage
Getting on with fieldwork as quickly as possible is the key priority now confronting those tillage farmers with spring cereal...
Tillage Technical
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across...
Tillage
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is running rampant through winter and spring cereal crops nationwide, according to Teagasc crops specialist, Shay Phelan....
Tillage
Approximately 35% of the 2024 maincrop potato area has now been planted out, according to Wilson’s Country agronomist, Stuart Meredith....
Tillage
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes. Crops...
Agri-Business
Malting company Boortmalt has announced a partnership with regenerative agriculture business Soil Capital as part of an effort to cut...
Tillage
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc research scientist, Vijaya Bhaskar. In...
Agri-Business
EU milk supply is expected to remain stable in 2024, while beef production is set to drop, according to a...