Beans

Head sprays on wheat as beans flower

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Galway, Kildare and Carlow as cool temperatures and wet weather slowed crop growth and made spraying difficult.

CROPS 10 June 2026

Head sprays on wheat as beans flower

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Beans fungicide to leave market in Belgium

Beans fungicide to leave market in Belgium

NEWS 6 June 2026

Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy conditions

Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy conditions

NEWS 5 June 2026

Grain Trends: prices back with lack of news

Grain Trends: prices back with lack of news

Grain Trends: prices back with lack of news

MARKETS 3 June 2026

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

HUSBANDRY 3 June 2026

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Sunshine pushes crops through the stages

Sunshine pushes crops through the stages

Rain forecast this week will be welcomed by crops which have been growing very fast in recent heat.

HUSBANDRY 7 May 2026

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

Home Farm: missing silage weather and Bord Bia levies in focus

As the wet spring dragged on, we grazed pretty well all the ground intended for silage with the result that we closed everything up later than the ideal.

VIEWPOINTS 7 May 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Crops are looking well across the country and there is a nice bit of management to be done in cooler weather in the coming days.

HUSBANDRY 7 May 2026

Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

Home Farm: another week, another drop in the beef price

By any standards, it is an extraordinary year with new reports of fertiliser supports to ease the financial shock of the price hikes.

VIEWPOINTS 7 May 2026

Weekend weather: mixed and cool, with temperatures to pick up next week

Weekend weather: mixed and cool, with temperatures to pick up next week

Met Éireann has forecast mixed weather for the weekend, with scattered showers, some sunny and dry spells and cool temperatures.

NEWS 7 May 2026

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

Tillage farmers have plenty of work to do in the fields this weather. Sprayers are busy at this time of the year.

HUSBANDRY 7 May 2026

Tillage Podcast: walking great crops in Co Cork

Tillage Podcast: walking great crops in Co Cork

On this week’s show, we hear from Dairygold’s Liam Leahy, as he walks crops in the busy season for weed and disease control.

NEWS 7 May 2026

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National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

Kildare dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

National Dairy Council bridging the urban-rural divide through school farm visit

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