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Focus
Examine your varieties closely
Siobhán Walsh
Knowing what your varieties’ strengths and weaknesses are is essential to be able to manage your crop correctly throughout the season.
11 April 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: getting ready for drier weather
This week’s show features updates from agronomists, advice on cultivations, beans, the Crop Protection magazine and the grain market and weather reports.
10 April 2024 News
April beans: the big planting question
Many farmers are wondering what crops to plant as the season moves on. In this article, we examine the costs involved with spring beans.
Tillage management: weather hopefully picking up
The weather is picking up and there is plenty of work to be done on tillage farms, but land will have to dry as well.
10 April 2024 Husbandry
Tillage farmers can still grow good crops
Agronomists across the country remain optimistic for tillage crops, despite the incessant rain. Siobhán Walsh reports.
10 April 2024 News
Opinion: reasons to be cheerful - parts one to four
With all the awful weather, farmers need to focus on the positives as best they can and wait with optimism for the weather to change.
6 April 2024 Opinion
Tillage Podcast: planting beans from Wexford to Westmeath
On this week’s show, we chat to a contractor sowing beans across the country and, as always, have the latest tillage news, grain trends and the weather report.
4 April 2024 News
Tillage farmers at crisis point with wet weather
Tillage farmers have been unable to get out to fields as persistent rain leaves fields in poor conditions.
27 March 2024 News
Tillage Management: spreading and spraying to be done. Weather delays sowing
Tillage farmers are still waiting on land to dry out to plant and are struggling to get through jobs like spraying and spreading fertiliser.
20 March 2024 Husbandry
Could you plant beans with your maize?
Maize is high in energy, but low in protein. This trial is looking at ways to solve this problem.
20 March 2024 Fodder
Tillage management: some work done, but rain continues
Tillage farmers frustrated at present as spring planting continues to be delayed with St Patrick’s Day around the corner.
13 March 2024 Husbandry
Fieldwork a struggle and no clarity on tillage rules
Tillage farmers are frustrated with weather and field conditions as they cannot get work done. Clarity on rules is also frustrating the industry.
12 March 2024 News