Cereals
Stephen Robb on 07 Apr 2021
From the Tramlines: weather staggers spring sowing progress
Stephen Robb talks to growers from Derry, Meath and Cork, with each grower at different stages of their spring sowing campaign.
Matt Dempsey on 07 Apr 2021
Home Farm: good grass recovery, up to now
Cold frosty weather such as we are getting this week can cause herbicides to be taken up inefficiently.
Kieran Mailey on 07 Apr 2021
Northwest behind with spring crops
Unsettled weather has limited progress with spring planting in some areas
Phelim O'Neill on 02 Apr 2021
EU releases reasonably positive market outlook update
EU short-term outlook predicts increase in dairy output, pigmeat and sheepmeat, while there was less beef and a big drop in cereal production.
John Sleigh on 31 Mar 2021
Farm Profit Programme sets Biffens up for continued success
Taking part in the Farm Profit Programme has seen a number of positive changes on the Biffen's farm at Arnage.
Andy Doyle on 17 Mar 2021
Tillage Management: hopefully we will be back to sowing again shortly
As we move into the second half of March, it is even more important to have good seedbed conditions along with fertiliser in the seedbed.
Peter McCann on 03 Mar 2021
Feed mills question protein crop scheme
The pilot will run for the 2021 and 2022 scheme years and will allow payments of £330/ha/year for growing combinable beans, peas, or sweet lupins.
Andy Doyle on 24 Feb 2021
Calculating a farm’s nutrient allowances
Assessing nutrient allowances or requirements on a tillage farm means calculations based on every crop and parcel, writes Andy Doyle.
Andy Doyle on 24 Feb 2021
Tillage Management: time to get fertiliser applied
With the past week showing signs of growth, it is now time to get fertiliser applied to winter crops.
Andy Doyle on 22 Feb 2021
Four hectares of silage slabs on Moxey dairy unit
The welfare of animal and human is a somewhat unusual mission statement for a farm, but it was certainly evident on this Moxey Farms facility.
Gary Abbott on 17 Feb 2021
Smarter spreading with the Amazone ZA-TS
Gary Abbott travelled to meet tillage farmer Pat Dehaene of Mooretown Farm based outside Oldtown, Co Dublin, to discuss his Amazone ZA-TS high-specification mounted spreader.
Katie Barragry on 17 Feb 2021
‘There’s a certain reward in producing a good-quality crop’
Fourth-generation potato farmer Jamie Rankin speaks to Katie Barragry about how fortunate his livelihood and business has been during the pandemic.
Andy Doyle on 10 Feb 2021
Tillage Management: poorer crops will benefit from nitrogen soon
The possibility of field work has been knocked back by recent rain but backward thin crops will need nitrogen soon.
Lorcan Allen on 08 Feb 2021
Sales of vegan meat products slump more than 5% in January
Irish consumers turned away from vegan meat alternatives in January this year, despite the usual ‘Veganuary’ promotion drive.
Siobhán Walsh on 03 Feb 2021
Producing more straw from hybrid rye
Rye has the potential to produce higher straw yields when compared with other cereal crops.
Siobhán Walsh on 27 Jan 2021
Looking for alternatives to a bag of compound this spring?
1,000 gallons of pig slurry can provide the equivalent in available fertiliser as a 50kg bag of 19-7-20.
John Sleigh on 27 Jan 2021
Grazing sheep in winter crops
This week we caught up with Peter Lindsay of SAC Consulting who has been involved with trials grazing sheep on winter cereals.
Andy Doyle on 20 Jan 2021
Crop area slide has added to pressures for other sectors
The almost perennial slide in cropped ares on this island has added considerably to the task of decreasing GHG and ammonia emissions.
John Sleigh on 20 Jan 2021
Winter cereal grazing success
Scottish trials show the benefit of grazing sheep on winter cereals.
Lorcan Allen on 06 Jan 2021
Irish charity uses farming to improve the lives of Belarussian orphans
Lorcan Allen speaks to Tom McEnaney, founder of the International Orphanage Development Programme, which works to improve the lives of orphans in Belarus.