Chemicals

Healy-Rae urges farmers to wear PPE when spraying pesticides

Minister Healy-Rae was speaking directly to professional pesticide users at Crops and Technology, held by Teagasc at its Crops Research and Innovation Centre at Oak Park.

NEWS 25 June 2025

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Farmer Writes: panoramas of wheat in the plains of Meath

Farmer Writes: panoramas of wheat in the plains of Meath

FARMER WRITES 18 June 2025

Horsch offers spot spraying without camera system

Horsch offers spot spraying without camera system

NEWS 4 June 2025

Sheep Management: blowfly strike, nematodirus and SIS worm counts

Sheep Management: blowfly strike, nematodirus and SIS worm counts

Sheep Management: blowfly strike, nematodirus and SIS worm counts

MANAGEMENT 21 May 2025

Is there a big difference between branded and generic products?

Is there a big difference between branded and generic products?

Is there a big difference between branded and generic products?

NEWS 14 May 2025

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Setting up your chemical store

Setting up your chemical store

Chemical stores should be safe, locked and help farmers to work more efficiently writes Siobhán Walsh.

NEWS 17 July 2024

Safety with chemicals has to be top of the list

Safety with chemicals has to be top of the list

Teagasc Health and Safety specialist Francis Bligh outlines essential safety measures to follow when working with chemicals.

CROP PROTECTION 17 July 2024

Landquip introduce compact mounted sprayer range

Landquip introduce compact mounted sprayer range

UK sprayer manufacturer, Landquip has launched a new range of compact mounted sprayers with tank capacities up to 1,200l and boom widths from 12m to 15m.

NEWS 17 July 2024

EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives

EU pesticide cut reduces crop yields with no alternatives

Teagasc research has shown that an Irish expert group thinks yields will be dramatically impacted by the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy with no alternatives.

NEWS 17 July 2024

Ireland to host the 2026 Global Bioeconomy Summit

Ireland to host the 2026 Global Bioeconomy Summit

Ireland will host delegates from around the world, bringing together those working across the bio-based economy.

NEWS 17 July 2024

Satellites and drones for targeted fertiliser and chemical use

Satellites and drones for targeted fertiliser and chemical use

Peter Thomas Keaveney attended a Farmhand and CultiWise working demonstration day in Laois last week where variable rate herbicide applications were derived from drone imagery.

FARM MACHINERY 17 July 2024

Potatoes, min-till and minding soil in Tipperary

Potatoes, min-till and minding soil in Tipperary

Will Stokes farms in partnership with his father Paddy in Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary.

NEWS 17 July 2024

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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