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Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Keep on top of the paper work and get seed ordered before planting begins. Some farmers will be planting rye this week.

HUSBANDRY 23 September 2026

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

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Tillage Management: rye, seed orders and beetles

Tillage Management: rye, seed orders and beetles

HUSBANDRY 16 September 2026

Farmers urged to check crops as flea beetle active in oilseed rape

Farmers urged to check crops as flea beetle active in oilseed rape

HUSBANDRY 12 September 2026

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

HUSBANDRY 9 September 2026

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

HUSBANDRY 2 September 2026

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Tillage Management: oilseed rape, rain and whiskey rules

Tillage Management: oilseed rape, rain and whiskey rules

There are plenty of catch crops and oilseed rape to be planted in the coming days and there is some rain in the forecast.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

Farmers need to do their sums and make cropping plans accordingly before planting crops Siobhán Walsh.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage farmers are busy harvesting crops and preparing to plant cover crops and oilseed rape on farms.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Ask your merchant for higher voluntary standard cover crop seed

Ask your merchant for higher voluntary standard cover crop seed

When purchasing cover crop seed, make sure to ask for higher voluntary standard seed to keep grass weeds out of your farm.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Tillage Management: harvest, straw and planting catch crops

Tillage Management: harvest, straw and planting catch crops

Tillage farmers are busy at present from harvesting and baling to planting catch crops in some places after rain arrived.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Harvest continues, but farmers do have to make decisions now that will affect what they grow in 2027 and need to be thinking of their cropping plan.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

Reminder: trailer numbers mandatory for 2026 harvest

Reminder: trailer numbers mandatory for 2026 harvest

If you are drawing grain this harvest and are part of the Irish Grain Assurance Scheme, then you need trailer numbers on your grain trailers.

HUSBANDRY 28 July 2026

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Why Fergal Hanrahan invests in quality milk replacer for his beef calves

For farmer Fergal Hanrahan, successful calf rearing comes down to getting the basics right from day one.

Why Fergal Hanrahan invests in quality milk replacer for his beef calves

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