Tillage
This week will provide tillage farmers with the opportunity to complete their disease control programmes on winter cereal crops
Co. Down cereal grower, Allan Chambers, believes that cool, dry weather conditions at this time of the year can boost winter cereal yields.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming a deterioration in winter cereal crop scores across the UK.
Tillage farmers must totally re-think their management of winter barley crops as they seek to maximise yields.
Production of the three main cereals grown in Ireland - wheat, barley, and oats - jumped by 299,000 tonnes last year to 2.311 million tonnes.
Securing optimal disease control in winter crops at this stage in the growing season is critical in determining their final yield potential.
Teagasc advisors are indicating that significant numbers of winter wheat crops are currently progressing through stem extension
April is an extremely important period of the growing season from a winter barley crop management perspective
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that most winter barley crops are looking well
Seedtech has issued a crop update from its Co Waterford trials’ site, covering a range of winter cereal and oilseed rape varieties
A recent crop walk hosted by CAFRE on the South Down farm of Shaw Hanna featured a discussion on the key challenge posed by winter barley
Teagasc has issued its first crop report of the year. It highlights the continuing impact of the very wet start to 2026
Preventing winter barley crops from succumbing to the threat of manganese deficiency is now a field work priority.
Winter oilseed rape ticked all the boxes in 2025, according to Goldcrop cereal variety manager, John Dunne.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that most winter cereal crops are looking very well
The weather over the next few days will determine if tillage farmers in Northern Ireland will further commit to the autumn planting season
The last week has seen the winter planting season get underway in earnest: ground conditions remain excellent.
Both potato and cereal growers are confirming that the heavy rains preceding the recent Storm Amy have brought field work to a halt
Co Down-based agronomist, Richard Owens, is confirming that the autumn planting of cereal crops is well underway in Northern Ireland.
Provisional estimates for June 2025 show a 2.2% rise in the area under total cereals, bringing the total to 267,700ha.
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has highlighted the superior quality of Irish grains and oilseeds
The prospect of a week’s dry weather coming in will encourage tillage farmers to push ahead with ploughing and ground preparation work now.
The growing threat of changeable weather over the coming days may push tillage farmers in the direction of planting winter barley
