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Remember to use up these products during 2024
Siobhán Walsh
There are six active ingredients going off the market in 2024. Many of these are in products that are commonly used.
18 April 2024 News
Watch: Clarkson's Farm releases trailer for series three
The trailer for series three of Clarkeson's Farm has been released, with part one launching on May 3.
17 April 2024 News
Exclusive: tillage area slippage a concern - minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said the tillage area is being eroded and he is concerned about the area dropping.
Revving up disease control on barley
The spend on barley disease control this year needs to be cost-effective. Mixtures are important for effective disease control and resistance management.
17 April 2024 News
Top tips for crop establishment in a difficult spring
Dermot Forristal of Teagasc, Oak Park, shares his top tips on cultivations and establishment in the current weather.
17 April 2024 Husbandry
Fields beginning to dry as rainfall eases
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Dublin and Laois as final preparations are made for spring planting.
17 April 2024 Crops
Tillage Management: here comes the sun
Good weather looks to be on the way, and many tillage farmers have already made it out to the fields in recent days.
17 April 2024 Husbandry
Self-propelled baler gaining popularity in the States
With a suckler and tillage enterprise alongside a machinery dealership, Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with the Vanden Hoek family in South Dakota to find out about their self-propelled Vermeer baler
17 April 2024 Farm machinery
More 'localised bursts' of rain - farmer
Noel Delaney has been measuring rainfall on his farm for the last 40 years and sends weather data to Met Éireann every day by text message.
17 April 2024 News
Search for crop protection product details on the go
This tool will come in handy while on the tractor spraying and deciding on final rates to apply. All the information will be at your fingertips.
17 April 2024 Crop protection
Questions surround tillage payment
Tillage farmers were glad to see an acknowledgment that the sector is struggling, but don’t see the payment as going far enough.
16 April 2024 News
Are you getting the right advice?
You should only be getting advice on pesticides from trained pesticide advisers and purchasing chemicals from registered pesticide distribution stores and pesticide distributors.
15 April 2024 Crop protection