Tillage soils
Siobhán Walsh on 5 May 2021
Massive drops in nitrogen and fungicide use on this Tipperary farm
The Tierneys' tillage farm in Co Tipperary is no ordinary farm. It is a farm preparing for a future with less pesticides and fertiliser use.
Siobhán Walsh on 7 April 2021
Lime: a cheap and simple way to optimise fertiliser use
Correct soil pH is essential for a well functioning soil. On grassland lime can be applied at any time of the year.
Siobhán Walsh on 17 March 2021
Altering nitrogen rates after cover crops on malting barley ground
Protein specifications can be difficult to meet in malting barley. Catch crops have many benefits in tillage rotations but can make decisions on nitrogen rates more complicated.
Peter Thomas Keaveney on 17 March 2021
Professional advice for choosing and maintaining tyres
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Kevin Burke from Kevin Burke Tyres in Galway who offers readers some tips and advice on choosing the right tyres and how to help increase tyre longevity.
David Wright on 5 March 2021
UK eases controls on soil to NI
The latest move by the UK government will make it easier to import used machinery and plants into NI from Britain.
Siobhán Walsh on 24 February 2021
Rotation and altering the depth wheel: steps in sustainability
The rotation in the trial consists of all winter crops – oilseed rape, wheat, oats, wheat and barley.
Siobhán Walsh on 3 February 2021
The cost and the value of straw...time to start thinking
If the straw is needed and wanted a floor is needed in the market to allow farmers to develop a consistent and sustainable price to ensure there is Irish straw in the future.
Siobhán Walsh on 27 January 2021
Looking for alternatives to a bag of compound this spring?
1,000 gallons of pig slurry can provide the equivalent in available fertiliser as a 50kg bag of 19-7-20.
Siobhán Walsh on 22 December 2020
Slowing down the release of carbon through good management
In order to reduce carbon emissions from soil, soils should be managed carefully.
Siobhán Walsh on 16 December 2020
Fine details of straw incorporation scheme may prove tricky
Research trials carried out from 2009 to 2011 showed that an increase in seeding rate was needed to minimise yield losses and that yields did take a hit in the early years of straw incorporation.
Andy Doyle on 18 November 2020
'Real supports' needed to help farming meet its environmental goals
Improvements in soil management need to be properly incentivised if they are to have the desired impact on environmental improvement.
Andy Doyle on 21 October 2020
Incorporation of straw to be encouraged
Last week’s budget announcement of a €10m fund for a tillage scheme to drive straw incorporation is welcome news, but how might such an incentive work?
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