Tillage
Tillage farmers have been advised to be avoid scorching crops if spraying during the current warm, dry spell.
According to Teagasc, later sown spring barley crops crops this season will move through their growth stages quickly.
Teagasc is confirming that a significant number of winter oilseed rape crops are now in full flower around the country
With land starting to dry out, Teagasc has confirmed eight field work priorities that can be addressed by tillage farmers
Agronomist, Brian Reilly, is indicating that it may well be the beginning of March before the first of this year’s spring beans are drilled.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has included 11 varieties in its 2026 spring barley recommended list.
Winter oilseed rape ticked all the boxes in 2025, according to Goldcrop cereal variety manager, John Dunne.
Teagasc's Cereals Enterprise Fact Sheet contains a breakdown of the physical outputs and financial margins generated on tillage farms in 2024
A recent Teagasc-focussed discussion centred on the underutilised role of benchmarking within Ireland’s tillage sector
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has gone public with its final UK Harvest 2025 report.
N.Ireland
Arable farmers on the Ards Peninsula of Co Down are confirming extremely high yields of both winter wheat and winter barley
A new AHDB report has highlighted the continuing "extreme variability" in 2025 harvest yields across the UK.
Harvest 2025 in Ireland has been described as a 'mixed bag' across the country by Teagasc tillage specialists.
Growers in the south east are confirming that the 2025 cereal harvest is now, more or less, completed with good yields secured
This time 12 months ago Co. Mayo-based tillage farmer, Fintan Murray had not started the spring barley harvest.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is indicating that a significant number of winter wheat crops have exceeded the 5t/ac threshold
A significant number of tillage farmers may wish to withdraw some fields from the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
Harvest 2025 is about to get underway again after the heavy rains of recent days brought all field work to a halt in parts of the south
Recent rains have acted to significantly reduce the risk of fires associated with combines harvesting tinder dry crops.
The recent dry weather and the promise of more to come may act to take the edge off maincrop potato yields.
April sown barley and oat crops on the Co Mayo farm of Fintan Murray continue to hold significant yield potential
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) has been confirmed at later stages of growth in a number of spring barley crops.
Tillage farmers will be pushing ahead with their final disease control measures on spring barley and winter wheat crops over the coming days.
