Tillage
With land starting to dry out, Teagasc has confirmed eight field work priorities that can be addressed by tillage farmers
Teagasc is confirming that beans represent an extremely attractive spring cropping option for tillage farmers in 2026.
Seedtech technical director, Tim O’Donovan, is confirming that international grain prices have started to strengthen.
Courtesy of its first Crop Report of 2026, Teagasc is confirming that winter oilseed rape is a valuable inclusion within most crop rotations
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.
Choclolate Spot is one of the main diseases that can impact significantly on crops of spring beans grown in Ireland.
Two varieties feature within the recommend list of spring beans for 2026, recently published by the Department of Agriculture
Teagasc is confirming that harvest yields in 2025 came back to levels that would be deemed more normal in terms of their overall value.
Tillage farmers are being advised to maximise the certainty linked to the crops they select for the spring 2026 planting season.
Teagasc is confirming that winter oilseed rape performed particularly well in 2024/25. It turned out to be an almost perfect growing season
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is indicating that a significant number of winter wheat crops have exceeded the 5t/ac threshold
There’s little doubt that the rain showers of recent days will have enhanced the growth rates of all spring crops.
The continuing spell of dry weather is allowing tillage farmers in Donegal to get on with spring field work in earnest.
The current dry spell is allowing tillage farmers get on with ground preparation work in preparation for the drilling of spring crops.
Teagasc is confirming that many tillage growers are taking the opportunity to plant spring beans at the present time.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has recommended four varieties of spring bean for use in 2025.
Teagasc is confirming that the Protein Aid budget for 2025 will be €10m, with a maximum area payment of €580/ha.
Cereal growers in Northern Ireland are being encouraged to apply the first split of nitrogen fertiliser to winter barley crops.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan is confirming that winter barley crops continue to look exceptionally well.
According to Teagasc, last year saw the area planted with spring beans reach a record 18,000ha. A number of factors drove this trend
Spring beans make an invaluable contribution to all tillage rotations. But, like all crops, they need the best possible start.
According to Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, winter barley crops will require their first fertiliser application in six weeks’ time.
Opinion
Spring beans will always make sense within any tillage rotation. And this should genuinely be the case in 2025....
