Tillage
Teagasc is indicating that approximately 5.000ha of hybrid rye were planted out last autumn: up from the 500ha figure of 2020.
The mounting pressure on machinery and land rental costs is one of the core themes of Teagasc’s Crops Costs and Returns 2026 booklet.
Choclolate Spot is one of the main diseases that can impact significantly on crops of spring beans grown in Ireland.
The Mercosur deal will have very little impact on the EU agri-food sectors over the coming years, according to a Dutch economist.
Teagasc is calling for greater numbers of tillage businesses to actively contribute to the National Farm Survey.
Prof. Frank O’Mara, has given the strongest hint yet that the details of the new, €30 million tillage aid scheme will be announced shortly.
The annual Teagasc National Tillage Conference will take place on Wednesday, January 28, in the Lyrath Conference Centre, Kilkenny.
The 2025 Teagasc National Tillage Conference featured a specific debate on the very real threat posed by pesticide resistance
Irish tillage incomes are set to rise significantly in 2025, according to Teagasc director Prof. Frank O’Mara.
Putting Integrated Pest Management (IPM) first was a key, take-home message from the 2025 Teagasc National Tillage Conference.
Tillage soils represent significant sumps for stored carbon. However, adding to these carbon levels will be a slow process.
Teagasc’s 2025 National Tillage Conference takes place on Wednesday next (January 29) in the Lyrath Hotel on the outskirts of Kilkenny City.
The annual Teagasc National Tillage Conference will take place on Wednesday, January 31 at...
Teagasc’s Dr. Steven Kildea gave an update on new wheat disease control options at the 2023 National Tillage Conference.
The National Tillage Conference marked the launch of the Teagasc ‘Crops and Returns’ 2023 information booklet.
The growing importance of crops within the Irish economy was a recurring theme of the Teagasc virtual tillage conference for 2022
Specialist tillage farms had the second highest family farm income of the farming sectors in Ireland in 2017, at just under €37,158.
The NFU is quite clear we do not want a hard Brexit. At best it would be high risk for our industry and at worst it would be catastrophic.
49% of Irish tillage farmers see world grain prices as the biggest long-term threat to their farm business.
The Protein Aid Scheme - which was worth almost €3 million to tillage farmers in 2017 - is set to continue this year, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture announced today.
Challenging circumstances have been in place in the Irish tillage sector over the last number of years, according to Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Andrew Doyle.
The Irish tillage sector has experienced significant challenges over the past several years, according to Teagasc's Prof. Gerry Boyle.
There is potential to use more Irish-grown beans in animal feedstuffs, according to Teagasc's Dermot Forristal.
