Lyons Estate, Co Kildare
Overall Gary’s winter cereal crops are looking quite well despite having received only 10kg of Nitrogen per hectare and no fungicides. The winter rye is approximately 30cm taller than the other winter cereals and the ears have emerged in recent days. The winter barley is just at the paintbrush stage. The winter oats have some level of mildew present on the crop but are standing quite well.
Gary got his spring crops planted in ideal conditions with a fine seedbed with moisture at depth. There has been some bird damage to some of the spring cereal crops but overall establishment has been good. Gary is experimenting with growing a dryland rice crop but as of yet the crop has not emerged. This is a German variety of rice that may be more suited to our climate, but time will tell.
The protein crops are emerging quite nicely with good stands across the crops. Other years crows have done considerable damage to emerging protein crops but this year there is very little bird damage visible. Gary has 21 different protein crops established this year and has put nets over the crops just to be on the safe side. Some of the more exotic protein crops being trialed this year include an Austrian soybean, white coco beans from France, an attractive pink Flamingo pea, as well as red, green, and black lentils. So far all of these crops are emerging with acceptable stands but it will be interesting to see how they develop throughout the growing season.
Ballinasloe, Co Galway
Patrick Daly had a lot of ploughing to do last month.
It has been a very busy month for Patrick. The last time we spoke his oilseed rape was in bloom, but he feared it would be May before he would get into the fields as land was so wet. He was amazed how well land dried out once it did stop raining.
Patrick got the beans in, but had some 300ac of spring barley to plant. He started ploughing on 20 April and managed to get 55ac ploughed the first day out and 75ac the next and was drilling by the end of that week. He applied 10-5-25 to the seed bed. All crops are up now and the tramlines are visible. He applied liquid nitrogen early this week and has another round to do on crops.
The winter oilseed rape received its final fungicide of Skyway recently along with some boron and Magnite. The winter wheat is looking really well. It received a T0 and a T1. It also got a tidy up of weeds since we spoke last. He said it looks exceptional. It was planted after oilseed rape. The ground got a tip of a sumo cultivator and there were no issues with slugs. The crop is a rich green colour.
Winter barley is another good story. Patrick thinks it benefited from receiving nitrogen early and said the flag leaf on the Integral is so big it is like a railway sleeper. He has three varieties of winter barley.
The Integral received its final fungicide last week of Variano Xpro and a multisite, along with some sulphur and Magnite. However, the remainder of the winter barley will not receive its final fungicide until next week as Patrick is waiting on awns to come out.
Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
Hugh McDonnell has yellow rust where the sprayer missed.
Hugh got up to date on all of his nitrogen and spraying since we last spoke. He was out spraying early this week when we were chatting. Revystar and Freedom were going out on his Champion winter wheat.
The wheat was very clean, but Hugh is happy to have his fungicide programme up to date ahead of the rain as he has a patch of rust where the sprayer missed in one corner. Champion is prone to rust so the addition of Gloaztar, which is a strobilurin should help keep it at bay.
Hugh has winter wheat on two different pieces of land and the crop on heavier ground is a bit behind, but in general all winter wheat looks very well.
It’s been windy for spraying over the last few days, but Hugh is well set up with the sprayer and was able to take opportunities when they came.
The rape was sprayed last week. Petals were starting to fall and were falling heavily this week. It got Shepherd and Globaztar. It branched well, having got an application of Caryx earlier in the season.
The winter oats received Medax Max at 0.1l/ha and Elatus Era at 0.5l/ha early last week. The flag leaf is well out and the crop is now covered until the head spray.
Lyons Estate, Co Kildare
Overall Gary’s winter cereal crops are looking quite well despite having received only 10kg of Nitrogen per hectare and no fungicides. The winter rye is approximately 30cm taller than the other winter cereals and the ears have emerged in recent days. The winter barley is just at the paintbrush stage. The winter oats have some level of mildew present on the crop but are standing quite well.
Gary got his spring crops planted in ideal conditions with a fine seedbed with moisture at depth. There has been some bird damage to some of the spring cereal crops but overall establishment has been good. Gary is experimenting with growing a dryland rice crop but as of yet the crop has not emerged. This is a German variety of rice that may be more suited to our climate, but time will tell.
The protein crops are emerging quite nicely with good stands across the crops. Other years crows have done considerable damage to emerging protein crops but this year there is very little bird damage visible. Gary has 21 different protein crops established this year and has put nets over the crops just to be on the safe side. Some of the more exotic protein crops being trialed this year include an Austrian soybean, white coco beans from France, an attractive pink Flamingo pea, as well as red, green, and black lentils. So far all of these crops are emerging with acceptable stands but it will be interesting to see how they develop throughout the growing season.
Ballinasloe, Co Galway
Patrick Daly had a lot of ploughing to do last month.
It has been a very busy month for Patrick. The last time we spoke his oilseed rape was in bloom, but he feared it would be May before he would get into the fields as land was so wet. He was amazed how well land dried out once it did stop raining.
Patrick got the beans in, but had some 300ac of spring barley to plant. He started ploughing on 20 April and managed to get 55ac ploughed the first day out and 75ac the next and was drilling by the end of that week. He applied 10-5-25 to the seed bed. All crops are up now and the tramlines are visible. He applied liquid nitrogen early this week and has another round to do on crops.
The winter oilseed rape received its final fungicide of Skyway recently along with some boron and Magnite. The winter wheat is looking really well. It received a T0 and a T1. It also got a tidy up of weeds since we spoke last. He said it looks exceptional. It was planted after oilseed rape. The ground got a tip of a sumo cultivator and there were no issues with slugs. The crop is a rich green colour.
Winter barley is another good story. Patrick thinks it benefited from receiving nitrogen early and said the flag leaf on the Integral is so big it is like a railway sleeper. He has three varieties of winter barley.
The Integral received its final fungicide last week of Variano Xpro and a multisite, along with some sulphur and Magnite. However, the remainder of the winter barley will not receive its final fungicide until next week as Patrick is waiting on awns to come out.
Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
Hugh McDonnell has yellow rust where the sprayer missed.
Hugh got up to date on all of his nitrogen and spraying since we last spoke. He was out spraying early this week when we were chatting. Revystar and Freedom were going out on his Champion winter wheat.
The wheat was very clean, but Hugh is happy to have his fungicide programme up to date ahead of the rain as he has a patch of rust where the sprayer missed in one corner. Champion is prone to rust so the addition of Gloaztar, which is a strobilurin should help keep it at bay.
Hugh has winter wheat on two different pieces of land and the crop on heavier ground is a bit behind, but in general all winter wheat looks very well.
It’s been windy for spraying over the last few days, but Hugh is well set up with the sprayer and was able to take opportunities when they came.
The rape was sprayed last week. Petals were starting to fall and were falling heavily this week. It got Shepherd and Globaztar. It branched well, having got an application of Caryx earlier in the season.
The winter oats received Medax Max at 0.1l/ha and Elatus Era at 0.5l/ha early last week. The flag leaf is well out and the crop is now covered until the head spray.
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