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Tillage
Sunshine, flowers and smashing crops in the Garden of Ireland
Siobhán Walsh
James O’Loughlin, an agronomist with Quinns of Baltinglass, joins us on this week’s instalment of Accompany the Agronomist.
7 May 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: low disease pressure and spraying weather
There is low disease pressure in crops at present and weather is ideal for spraying most crops, but not crops like beet.
30 April 2025 News
Accompany the Agronomist: herbicides the big job this week
Herbicides on spring cereals and fungicides on winter wheat are the priorities on tillage farms this week.
Crops looking Tipp top in the Golden Vale
In this week’s installment of Accompany the Agronomist we met Tim McCarthy of Dairygold to look at crops in Tipperary.
16 April 2025 News
Managing varieties not crops to target issues
It is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of the varieties that you are growing, writes Siobhán Walsh.
15 April 2025 Crop protection
Tillage Podcast: spring has sprung in the northwest
On this week’s show, we have an update on fieldwork in the northwest, along with all the latest tillage news.
3 April 2025 News
Home Farm: spring tillage work continues
We have also bought in some straight potash, following our soil samples showing low K on the silage ground.
2 April 2025 Viewpoints
Beans and oats sold out as planting continues
Tillage farmers are busy planting spring crops across the country and in the main have now moved onto spring barley crops.
19 March 2025 News
Tillage management: sunshine, dry ground and spring cropping
A lot of work has been completed on tillage farms across the country in the past few weeks in very good weather conditions.
19 March 2025 Husbandry
Home Farm: Spring work underway
As I write, we are sowing the beans. I was interested to see that our delivery came from Denmark.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Opinion: whiskey tariffs are the cloud in bright March skies
Good weather means a spring in the step of farmers planting crops, but the markets are not as bright as the weather, with tariffs (yet again) a threat.
15 March 2025 Opinion
Home Farm: Lime levels being counted
We don’t use that much lime, but it’s noticeable that even on just one farm that pH levels vary from one field with a pH of over 7.5 while a small grass paddock was analysed at 5.5.
12 March 2025 Viewpoints