Tillage
Tillage: 2023 autumn planting season a north-south split
Teagasc tillage specialists are reporting a north-south split in terms of autumn planting of cereal crops in recent weeks. Surprisingly,...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialists are reporting a north-south split in terms of autumn planting of cereal crops in recent weeks. Surprisingly,...
Tillage
Teagasc and the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) are indicating that up to 100 farmers around the country still have 2023...
Tillage Technical
The coming days will be critical in terms of getting winter barley crops into the ground across the country. Up...
Tillage
With the harvest of 2023 still not complete in some areas, we are now quickly approaching the start of the...
Tillage
With fast-improving soil conditions as a result of the recent good weather, many tillage farmers may push to plant winter...
Tillage
The Teagasc Crops Forum, which was held recently, happened to follow the publication of the 2024 recommended lists for winter...
Tillage
Co. Down agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete with many growers...
Tillage
Early indications suggest there is a “wide range of yields” this year as the impact of challenging weather patterns over...
Tillage
Farmers with lying straw, who are under increasing pressure because of wet weather conditions, are seeking to “switch” fields under...
Tillage News
Teagasc is attributing its predicted fall in tillage incomes this year to a number of factors. Head of Crops Knowledge...
N.Ireland
Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers has confirmed that 90% of Northern Ireland’s winter barley crop has yet to be...
Tillage
The first part of the 2023 harvest is turning out to be a ‘snatch and grab’ operation for cereal and...
N.Ireland
Farmers in parts of east Down sprayed-off crops of winter barley last week, in the expectation of having their earliest...
Tillage
Latest indications suggest that the yields from crops of winter barley harvested in locations as far apart as Cork in...
Tillage Focus
The increasing break crop area available to Irish tillage farmers this autumn should act to boost grain yields in 2024....
Tillage
The start of the 2023 cereal harvest could be as early as next week, according to Teagasc tillage specialist, Ciaran...
Tillage
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that 85% of Great Britain’s winter wheat crop was in good/excellent...
Tillage
Some winter barley crops are at a high risk of lodging, if the weather turns wet between now and harvest....