Tillage area increase will not happen on its own
Providing affordable access to the basics could go a long way to increasing tillage area.
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: 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.
Watch: O'Shea farms harvest their crop of potatoes near Ardfinnan, Co Tipperary. Our photographer Donal O' Leary was there to capture all the action.
Watch: Yields in his spring barley crop are down but it looked a lot worse at the end of August
Watch: The winter barley harvest has kicked off in a number of locations last weekend. Stephen Robb takes a look at some of the early harvest results.
Watch: BETTER Farm NI: Harvesting first-cut silage in Co Derry. For more info, see this week’s Irish Farmers Journal.
Watch: From the tramline farmer James O'Reilly spraying for Scelerotinia in winter oilseed rape this spring. Video shot by Emmet McKinley of Irish Agri Videos and compiled by the Irish Farmers Journal.
Watch: Gary Abbott caught up with tillage contractor Brian Tallon harvesting fodder beet near Clogherhead. Brian and his son Andrew specialize in root crop harvesting.
Increasing market opportunities for oats
Sales of the oat drink totalled $249m in US supermarkets in 2020.
Malting barley lessons from observations in 2020
Research and development must remain at the centre of malting barley husbandry if the sector is to compete internationally.
IFA potato report: trade at similar levels to first lockdown
IFA potato market report 12 January 2021
IFA potato report: restrictions continue to devastate food service sector
IFA potato market report 06.01.21 `
Teagasc focus on tillage for a month
The ongoing COVID-19 restrictions have altered the format of the series of Teagasc annual tillage events which will now take place on-line.
Boortmalt to outsource contracts
The Athy-based malster want local merchants to assemble barley for them. Siobhan Walsh and Pat O'Toole write
Slowing down the release of carbon through good management
In order to reduce carbon emissions from soil, soils should be managed carefully.
'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.
SPONSOREDThe Evolution S4 saves time, reduces labour and ensures precision calf feeding
Dairy farmer Ciaran MacDonald tells us about some of the benefits that he has seen since installing a JFC Agri Evolution S4 automatic calf feeder.
SPONSOREDWhy a Cork vet recommends vaccinating in the winter
Willie Buckley is a veterinary practitioner at Riverview Veterinary Group in Bandon. When an annual IBR programme became available, many of the practice’s herds switched over to it.
SPONSOREDAgricultural mechanisation: evolution of the combine harvester
At its core, the primary principle of the founding fathers of the modern New Holland was to make life easier for farmers.
SPONSOREDSpecialist growers and mechanisation the future of vegetable production
Lorcan Bourke, fresh produce and potato manager for Bord Bia, analyses a sector made up of different crop types but common challenges.
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