Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, is confirming that the time to control yellow rust in winter wheat crops is now.
A newly identified strain of yellow rust is threatening winter wheat crops, prompting a rapid and coordinated research response.
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.
Teagasc is indicating that 90% plus of winter wheat crops could be susceptible to Yellow Rust attack during the early spring months.
The last decade has seen the area dedicated to the production of winter rye increase at an exponential rate
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Some farmers around the country may have been noticing a yellow hue across fields and paddocks in the last number of weeks.
DAFM has confirmed that the 2026 recommended list of winter wheats will reflect current trends in yellow rust resistance
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has carried out a ‘root and branch’ review of yellow rust resistance ratings
The threat posed by yellow rust disease to Irish wheat crops has been characterised as both complex and evolving.
The jury is still out on whether or not wheat crops grown in Ireland this year have succumbed to a yellow rust genetic breakdown.
Tillage farmers need rain over the coming days to maintain crop growth rates. But this is only part of the story.
Teagasc is confirming that the occurrence of yellow rust in winter wheat crops is notably high this season.
The coming days will see winter wheat growers throughout Ireland push to keep septoria out of their fast-growing crops.
Up to this point yellow rust had been identified in winter wheat crops, growing in the north east of the country.
Keeping the third leaf clear of septoria is the key step in all fungicide spraying programme designed for winter wheat.
It is now apparent that significant changes are taking place within the UK’s population of yellow rust fungi.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published the latest trends in rust disease within UK wheat crops.
With the weather set fair for the next few days, tillage farmers now have a real opportunity to get on top of all crop disease challenges.
Yellow rust is becoming a bigger challenge for Irish cereal control; identifying a yellow rust issue at an early stage is important.
