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Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

New nitrates rules are mainly positive for tillage farmers with some restrictions on manures applied in the autumn time.

HUSBANDRY 10 December 2025

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

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€7m for new arable scheme along south coast

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2,000 acres of no man’s land along A5 road

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Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats

Proposed changes to nitrates rules ignore safety and fail to protect habitats

Proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan could put a huge amount of pressure on tillage farmers, writes Siobhán Walsh.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Tillage farmers and contractors wanted for on-farm organic manure trials

Tillage farmers and contractors wanted for on-farm organic manure trials

Teagasc has received funding for a project based on farms, where farmers and contractors will carry out on farm trials on the in-crop application of organic manures.

NEWS 1 January 1970

What could CAP changes mean for tillage farmers?

What could CAP changes mean for tillage farmers?

The next CAP will be discussed and decided upon in talks over the next number of months and years and the tillage lobby will need to be strong.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying

Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying

There is dry weather in the forecast. Land has a lot of drying to do before farmers can get out to the fields.

HUSBANDRY 1 January 1970

What will happen to tillage land on peat soils?

What will happen to tillage land on peat soils?

There are a number of tillage farms on peat soils that will be impacted by GAEC 2 under conditionality rules in the CAP.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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