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Yield potential of winter cereals remains high – despite the wet weather
Teagasc’s head of agronomy John Spink has told AgriLand that only cereal crops that have been in standing water for...
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Teagasc’s head of agronomy John Spink has told AgriLand that only cereal crops that have been in standing water for...
Tillage
The View from Northern Ireland: Following a good autumn most winter cereal crops are well established with the exception of late...
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Growing plants require far larger quantities of potash than is usually recommended as a fertiliser dressing. This may sound surprising...
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Copa-Cogeca, the European umbrella body for farmers and co-ops, released final cereals estimates for the 2013/14 marketing year this month,...
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Glanbia Agribusiness honoured its top-quality grain growers at an awards ceremony in Portlaoise today. Kildare tillage farmers Olwyn and Liam...
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According to Teagasc, cereal prices in 2014 will be at a similar level to those received by farmers this year. In...
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released data on the Irish grain harvest of 2013. Of note was the reduction in...
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Farmers around the country are taking advantage of the unseasonably dry weather and getting lime spread. Ground conditions across regions...
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The View from Teagasc: The demise of the sugar beet crop led many farmers to move from crop rotation to cereal monoculture. Soil...
Tillage
The View from Teagasc: Crops are very well established this year as many crops are knee high with full ground cover. Where...
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A new online registration facility for pesticide advisors and inspectors of pesticide application equipment has been launched by Department of...
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A major fungal pathogen that affects barley crops is also present on a common wild grass, according to a new...
Tillage
The View from Teagasc: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine published its recommended wheat list recently. The main changes are:...
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Monday of this week marked the beginning of the 2013 forage maize harvest with farmers and contractors in Counties Kilkenny,...
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A key vote on a new biofuel policy has been postponed by the European Parliament. MEPs were to decide how...
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Dairygold is calling for minimal costs and paperwork in Ireland’s rollout of new compulsory pesticide regulations. Farmers, distributors, inspectors and...
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Farmers, distributors, inspectors and advisors across Ireland are set for compulsory pesticide training and pesticide registration by the Department of Agriculture over...
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More than 350 people across Ireland attended the Teagasc-organised National Tillage Crops Forum 2013 in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge,...