Tillage farming

The latest tillage news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all crops and growing news developments in the tillage farming sector.

Tillage
Tillage 'rainy day' fund should be activated – Macra
Siobhán Walsh
Macra has backed calls for exceptional aid to be paid to tillage farmers. The organisation said that young farmers are particularly vulnerable.
Tillage 'rainy day' fund should be activated – Macra
 
 
Department addresses lime scheme payment claim queries
Sheep
Department addresses lime scheme payment claim queries
Further extension for six ACRES arable actions
Tillage
Further extension for six ACRES arable actions
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Maize crops seriously damaged by Storm Agnes
Tillage
Tillage Podcast: tillage needs cash injection
HUSBANDRY
Tillage Management: wet weather continues to halt work
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage Management: wet weather continues to halt work
Tillage farmers have once again been stopped in the fields by wet weather as harvest continues and winter planting begins.
Tillage Management: new rotation and diversification rules
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage Management: new rotation and diversification rules
There are a lot of new rules in the new CAP and they take a while to get used to, but crop rotation requirements need to be implemented now.
MARKETS
Grain Trends: dry weather tightens wheat, but volatility remains
Siobhán Walsh
Grain Trends: dry weather tightens wheat, but volatility remains
Grain prices remain volatile as numerous factors affect grain and oilseed markets.
Grain Trends: prices ease after quick jump
Siobhán Walsh
Grain Trends: prices ease after quick jump
Grain prices are very volatile at present. It’s getting nearer the time for harvest prices to be settled.
CROPS
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
Conor Kehoe
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Westmeath, Wexford, and Kildare, where potatoes, spring beans and spring oilseed rape are still to be harvested.
Herbicides failing to control annual meadow-grass
Siobhán Walsh
Herbicides failing to control annual meadow-grass
Leaving annual meadow-grass or grass-weed control until the spring is the least effective control strategy, which may run the risk of resistance onset, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.
SOILS
Straw is valuable…don’t undervalue it
Siobhán Walsh
Straw is valuable…don’t undervalue it
Make sure that you are putting a proper value on your straw this harvest. If its seen as a hassle the chopper should be turned on.
Tips to keep the wheels turning this harvest
Gary Abbott
Tips to keep the wheels turning this harvest
Prolonged rain over the past month has led to soft ground conditions and trafficability issues in many parts of the country. Gary Abbott looks at ways to help alleviate the challenges associated.
FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore Farm: preparation for sheep breeding and cattle housing
Martin Merrick
Tullamore Farm: preparation for sheep breeding and cattle housing
The farm’s ewe flock and replacement ewe lambs are being prepped for breeding, while the cattle housing is getting a once over before housing commences.
Wading into wetland solutions on Footprint Farms
Emma Hart
Wading into wetland solutions on Footprint Farms
Simple, targeted, nature-based measures can help to mitigate the risks of water pollution from farmyard runoff, writes Emma Hart.
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
Conor Kehoe
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Westmeath, Wexford, and Kildare, where potatoes, spring beans and spring oilseed rape are still to be harvested.
Cows scanned and lambs drafted on Tullamore Farm
Martin Merrick
Cows scanned and lambs drafted on Tullamore Farm
The mature cows have been scanned and 107 lambs were drafted to slaughter this week by Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Diver.
Make sure to check for underground pipes before diggingSPONSORED
Make sure to check for underground pipes before digging
There are a number of considerations that landowners, forestry operators and farmers, etc, must take into account before completing groundworks, the most important factor is that it is safe to do so.
Maximising potential through capital farm investmentSPONSORED
Maximising potential through capital farm investment
Capital farm investment plays a pivotal role in the agricultural sector, contributing to its growth and sustainability.
Sommet De L’Élevage is Europe's number one livestock showSPONSORED
Sommet De L’Élevage is Europe's number one livestock show
The 32nd edition of the Sommet De L'elevage (Livestock Summit) will be held from 3 to 6 October 2023 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
A competitive loan for farmers provided by people who understand farmingSPONSORED
A competitive loan for farmers provided by people who understand farming
With two young children on the farm and plans to grow his beef enterprise, farmer Conor Kennedy recognised the need to invest in his farm…
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