Watch: all the action from the Ploughing
The Irish Farmers Journal were live from the ploughing fields for the 90th National Ploughing Championships, being held in Ratheniska, Co Laois.
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.
Watch: The Irish Farmers Journal visited some of Maizetech's trials in Co Wexford to see how the plastic and compostable covers compare.
Watch: Live from Carlow, the first national agricultural event of 2021, the Teagasc, Oak Park Open Day.
Watch: In the first of the From the Tramlines technical discussion of the year, Stephen Robb and Andy Doyle are joined by experts from Gouldings Fertiliser, Wolf Trax and the farming industry to discuss the role of micro-nutrients in crop productions
Watch: Denis Large from North Tipperary is the second farmer to feature in our Sustainable Farm Insight Programme supported by Glanbia Ireland. Denis talks to us about his beef and tillage enterprise and how he maximises efficiencies while being sustainable.
Watch: Agricultural science case study videos: This week, we hear from tillage farmer Kevin Nolan (video 3) about what has been happening on farm since his last video along with his upcoming plans. Topics discussed in this video include winter on a tillage farm, maintenance and repairs on machinery, plant counts and targets (seeds/ plants per square meter), crop maintenance and management, pest control and winter ploughing.
Watch: To help farmers understand the importance of soil to their businesses, the Sustainable Farm Insights programme supported by the Irish Farmers Journal and Glanbia Ireland, has produced a soil health video. The programme includes visits to a drystock, dairy and tillage farm to look at soil health in individual fields. All three farmers are working to preserve and improve their soils. In this video, Tillage farmer James Ashmore explains what he is doing to improve the health and productivity of worn tillage soils. The Sustainable Farm Insights programme is supported by the Irish Farmers Journal and Glanbia Ireland.
Watch: Mervyn McCann and Tim O’Donovan run through agenda for the 2020 ITLUS Winter Conference which will be held online this year.
Watch: Harkin Bros Potatoes rushing to get their potato crops harvested in An Grianán Estate, Co Donegal. The potato harvest in Donegal has been hampered due to wet weather. As much as 50% of the county’s crop remains to be dug. Nationally, the harvest is over 80% complete with average yields reported to be back by an estimated 15%.
Watch: Peter Thomas Keaveney visited Cork contractor Mark Troy as his team chopped the last of the maize for 2020 with his Claas Jaguar 990, the first and only 990 which is working in Ireland.
Tillage management: planting season is back again
With most land still in good condition for planting, it will be difficult to avoid sowing difficult land in the coming weeks as weather conditions look satisfactory into the first week of October.
Tillage management: Harvest still wrapping up as sowing continues
Now is a good time to secure the vast majority of your variety seed requirements for the coming season.
US maize harvest revised upwards
The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) raised its projections for global maize production.
From the Tramlines: spring beans slow to mature in the north
This week, Stephen Robb talks to growers from counties Down, Derry and Kerry where growers are waiting for the spring bean harvest to begin.
From the Tramlines: harvest wrapped up by the weekend
Stephen Robb talks to growers from counties Tipperary, Donegal and Wexford where the harvest has largely wrapped up and the focus is turning to 2022’s crops
Questioning the sustainability of nitrates proposals
Tillage farmers face challenges under new nitrates proposals. Andy Doyle, Stephen Robb and Siobhán Walsh report.
Organic manures - the ultimate investment for tillage land
Organic manures bring short- and long-term benefits, especially on worn tillage land. Andy Doyle reports.
Watch: Dairylink participant Richard Marshall's virtual farm walk and talk
Richard Marshall and his father John are dairy farming to a high level on the outskirts of Omagh, Co Tyrone.
Tight calving paying dividends in Tyrone
A compact calving period has allowed Richard Marshall to fully exploit the potential of his herd
Watch: Dairylink participant Richard Marshall's virtual farm walk and talk
Richard Marshall and his father John are dairy farming to a high level on the outskirts of Omagh, Co Tyrone.
From the Tramlines: spring beans slow to mature in the north
This week, Stephen Robb talks to growers from counties Down, Derry and Kerry where growers are waiting for the spring bean harvest to begin.
SPONSOREDMaxol Lubricants and the Cork West plough team
To celebrate the start of this year’s Ploughing, we chat with the West Cork plough team, proudly sponsored by Maxol Lubricants, to find out what drives them to compete at this great event each year.
SPONSOREDAlways ask yourself: are you sure it’s safe?
As the season changes and as winter conditions approach, Michael Murray, public safety manager with ESB Networks, is asking farmers to remain vigilant around the farm.
SPONSOREDChallenging times: farmers are under siege
Resilience in the face of continued adversity, farmers always find a way.
SPONSOREDOEM apprenticeships offering employers and learners exciting new opportunities
There is a huge level of interest and demand for apprenticeships in all business sectors in Ireland right now, as learners and companies see the massive benefits of futureproofing their chosen sector.
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