Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialists point out that an autumn herbicide application is the most reliable way to control annual meadow grass
Teagasc is confirming the importance of securing effective weed control in newly planted autumn-sown cereal crops.
Now is an ideal time to walk crops to assess establishment rates in winter cereals and the effectiveness of weed control measures.
Starch contents of up to 40% have been secured by forage maize crops grown in Ireland this year: these are record values.
Teagasc is confirming the benefits that can be delivered by pre-emergence herbicides when applied to winter cereal crops
The last week has seen the winter planting season get underway in earnest: ground conditions remain excellent.
Teagasc is highlighting the key role played by phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in autumn sown cereal crops
Opinion
Last Saturday’s rain has totally focussed farmers’ minds on the absolute need to get crops into the ground now.
Provisional estimates for June 2025 show a 2.2% rise in the area under total cereals, bringing the total to 267,700ha.
Teagasc is urging cereal growers to hold off until at least the beginning of October before planting winter cereal crops.
Teagasc has assessed the chemical nitrogen allowances for the tillage sector in the context of a new Nitrates Action Programme (NAP)
Teagasc has just launched a new initiative, the Soil Cycle Project, designed to optimise the use of organic manures on cereal crops
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is confirming that disease levels within spring barley and other cereal crops are very low
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published its latest crop development report for the UK.
The changeable weather of the past fortnight brought to an end one of the driest early spring tillage periods in living memory.
Cereal growers in the North West are confirming that both winter and spring cereals have enjoyed a very positive start.
Teagasc is confirming that tillage farmers have been taking full advantage of the excellent weather conditions
The head of Scottish Agronomy is calling for all crop inputs used within UK and Irish agriculture to be independently trialled.
Teagasc is strongly encouraging to all tillage farmers to start walking winter cereal crops as a matter of priority.
Cereal growers in Northern Ireland are being encouraged to apply the first split of nitrogen fertiliser to winter barley crops.
With the Spring 2025 planting season fast approaching, Teagasc is highlighting the benefits of effective crop rotation
Seven inches of snow fell earlier this week in the vicinity of Carlow town. But the real impact of the Arctic blast is yet to hit farms
The recent mild weather has encouraged exceptional growth rates in winter barley, wheat and oat crops throughout the country.
