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Tillage
US researchers test 'laser scarecrows' to protect crops
A team of researchers in the US have tested ‘laser scarecrows’ that use light to deter birds from crops. Researchers...
Tillage
A team of researchers in the US have tested ‘laser scarecrows’ that use light to deter birds from crops. Researchers...
Tillage News
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has ruled out the possibility of extending the Unharvested Crop Loss...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has highlighted a number of fieldwork priorities for tillage farmers, which should be addressed in...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have confirmed there have been 277 applications received for the Unharvested...
Tillage
Wet years will always flag up issues that relate to poorly drained land on tillage farms. Undoubtedly, 2023 was one...
Tillage
The Teagasc 2023 Harvest Report has confirmed the impact of the poor weather and ground conditions on crops over the...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) grain committee chairman, Kieran McEvoy, has welcomed the €7 million tillage support funding announced by agriculture...
Tillage
The importance of crop establishment cannot be stressed enough. It is the most critical period within all tillage life-cycles, as...
Tillage
A new report is indicating that additional crop land, equivalent to that already farmed in Brazil, will be required over...
Opinion
In my opinion, the recent AgriCare tillage conference helped to reset the ‘optimism’ button for farmers committed to growing crops...
Tillage
One upside to the staggered harvest of 2023 was the opportunity of getting cover crops in early at Teagasc Oak...
Machinery
Cover crops are becoming an important part of the cropping cycle. Pottinger is further catering for their timely sowing by...
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has confirmed that it is “confident” that a mechanism for financial support will be...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialists are reporting a north-south split in terms of autumn planting of cereal crops in recent weeks. Surprisingly,...
Tillage Technical
The coming days will be critical in terms of getting winter barley crops into the ground across the country. Up...
Agri-Business
The estimated loss of crops and livestock in the last 30 years is said to be worth $3.8 trillion according...
Tillage
Teagasc is strongly advising all tillage farmers to develop a nutrient management plan for their business, and the time to...
Tillage News
A Fine Gael senator has told the Seanad that a small number of tillage farmers will be “destroyed” financially unless...