Headland turning – finding the best method 06 February 2019 Premium

06 February 2019

Stephen Robb on 06 Feb 2019

Headland turning – finding the best method

Brendan Bourke of Teagasc assess how various machine turning styles on headlands can effect the amount of area which is tracked.

Stephen Robb on 06 Feb 2019

Headland turning styles can have a big impact on overlapping.

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Stephen Robb

09 January 2019

Andy Doyle on 09 Jan 2019

Organic manures are more than just a source of nutrients

The huge level of variability in the nutrient content of organic fertilisers make their other benefits for the soil even more important.

17 December 2018

Stephen Robb on 17 Dec 2018

Watch: setting up a clay and silt trap in the fields

As we enter the depths of winter and with rainfall amounts and frequency returning to normal levels, we set up a basic trap to measure soil runoff during the wet period.

Stephen Robb on 17 Dec 2018

The clay and silt trap consists or a strip of green net and laft.

The trap was placed in an ares prone to runoff.

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Stephen Robb

12 December 2018

Andy Doyle on 12 Dec 2018

Manures are best recycled through the land

Manures can be very useful additives to tillage soils, but recent problems with botulism and an inability to use the actual nutrient levels when tested could make their use less attractive in future.