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Tillage
Top tips for crop establishment in a difficult spring
Contributor
Dermot Forristal of Teagasc, Oak Park, shares his top tips on cultivations and establishment in the current weather.
11 April 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: getting ready for drier weather
This week’s show features updates from agronomists, advice on cultivations, beans, the Crop Protection magazine and the grain market and weather reports.
10 April 2024 Letters
Letter about ACRES hedge planting rules
"Changes to ACRES hedge planting rules" - Harry O'Grady, Co Limerick.
Tillage management: weather hopefully picking up
The weather is picking up and there is plenty of work to be done on tillage farms, but land will have to dry as well.
10 April 2024 Husbandry
Seed shortages compound potato growers' woes
Many growers have only received 50% of the seed potatoes they need for this year's maincrop.
10 April 2024 News
Grazing, slurry, planting and fodder all a struggle for farmers
It has been a tough autumn, winter and spring for all sectors in the industry. The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to farmers about the toll the last number of months have had on their farms.
10 April 2024 News
Watch: this week in photos - farming through the poor weather
Our top photos this week saw some farmers defy the bad weather to plant broccoli, roll land, sow oats and plant potatoes. Our photographers also visited marts, tractor runs, dairy and sheep farms.
7 April 2024 News
IFA calls on retailers to support growers
The Irish Farmers' Association is calling on retailers to put a 2024 weather supplementary payment on fruit and vegetables to support horticulturalists.
5 April 2024 News
Ireland needs commercial conifers, not small native woodlands - FII
Forest Industries Ireland director Mark McAuley said the growth of Irish forestry has slowed dramatically.
26 March 2024 News
Rain prevents tillage work as area drops - is a fallow payment needed?
The tillage area is at risk of falling dramatically this year for many reasons. In the UK, a fallow payment is helping to maintain the arable area.
26 March 2024 News
Teagasc warns of potato shortage
Potato farmers and Teagasc are warning of a potato shortage this year due to seed scarcity and wet ground.
20 March 2024 News
Farmers need support as weather conditions persist - IFA
The IFA asks the Department and banks to consider the stress that the weather is placing on farmers and encouraged anyone feeling isolated to seek support.
15 March 2024 News