Siobhán Walsh

swalsh@farmersjournal.ie

Examining the costs of forage crops

Forage crops are expensive to grow, so it is important to know the costs and have a payment plan in place when growing for someone else.

CROPS 21 March 2026

Examining the costs of forage crops

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Tillage Podcast: preparing for fieldwork and talking generics

Tillage Podcast: preparing for fieldwork and talking generics

NEWS 19 March 2026

Grain Trends: prices at highest level since August

Grain Trends: prices at highest level since August

MARKETS 18 March 2026

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

HUSBANDRY 18 March 2026

Tillage farmers playing catch-up

Tillage farmers playing catch-up

Tillage farmers playing catch-up

NEWS 18 March 2026

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Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Late-harvested crops like maize and beet require a larger buffer zone than cereal crops. Grass crops do not have a buffer zone.

FODDER 10 March 2026

Have you clubroot in your oilseed rape?

Have you clubroot in your oilseed rape?

Clubroot can decimate oilseed rape crops, result in massive yield losses and even reseeds with another crop.

NEWS 10 March 2026

Government fails to hit tillage target despite slight increase in area

Government fails to hit tillage target despite slight increase in area

Tillage area has increased slightly, but the areas continue to fail to reach the Government’s climate targets.

NEWS 10 March 2026

Department brings back covered maize list

Department brings back covered maize list

The Department of Agriculture has brought back the covered maize list to its variety trials, following a four-year gap.

CROPS 10 March 2026

Tillage Podcast: grain inclusion and asking questions about biologicals

Tillage Podcast: grain inclusion and asking questions about biologicals

On this week’s show we have three guests talking about Irish grain and biological plant protection products.

NEWS 10 March 2026

Tillage Management: priorities and patience needed this spring

Tillage Management: priorities and patience needed this spring

Tillage farmers have a list of jobs to do, but need to prioritise jobs and have patience with some work.

HUSBANDRY 10 March 2026

Two- and three-crop rules remain in place for majority of farmers

Two- and three-crop rules remain in place for majority of farmers

Here is a recap of crop diversification requirements for the season ahead. The rules are prohibitive but have to be enforced.

NEWS 10 March 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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