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Farm Programmes
Tillage soils show impressively high carbon levels
Siobhán Walsh
Any remaining tillage fields were sampled for soil carbon after harvest and the results are back.
17 August 2022 Husbandry
Unravelling the stubble cultivation obligations
Recent amendments to the nitrates obligations for tillage farmers see a number of derogations applied to the obligation to cultivate all stubbles post harvest.
6 July 2022 Fodder
Fertiliser and feed savings from fodder and catch crops
Fodder crops have many advantages from providing extra fodder on farm to saving nutrients.
Catch crops recovered up to 64kg N/ha on Signpost farms
Catch crops were sampled for yield and nitrogen uptake on the Teagasc Signpost farms in December.
1 July 2022 News
Cover crops: what are the options?
Catch crops have many advantages. They can really improve soil health on farms and can sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
21 July 2021 Soils
Cover crops making farm carbon-positive
This tillage farm sequesters more carbon than it produces, but is not rewarded for this in any way.
4 June 2021 Crops
Massive drops in nitrogen and fungicide use on this Tipperary farm
The Tierneys' tillage farm in Co Tipperary is no ordinary farm. It is a farm preparing for a future with less pesticides and fertiliser use.