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Tillage
Cutting nitrogen, pesticides and adding livestock
Conor Kehoe
Norman Dunne says that if he didn’t start to move to a conservation agriculture system, he would not be farming. Conor Kehoe reports.
31 July 2024 Reseeding
Dealing with the scourge of scutch
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the options for controlling scutch grass in permanent pasture.
17 July 2024 News
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of agricultural innovation at Oak Park
The National Crops Research Centre held an open day, which showcased the evolution of crop production and how crop science has advanced over the past 60 years.
Reseeding opportunities in July
July is a good month to reseed less-productive swards on suckler farms, with plenty of time for new grass to establish before autumn.
2 July 2024 Management
CNH sells off plough business
CNH has took the decision to sell its Överum agricultural plough business to a German investment company and instead focus its resources completely on its core product lines.
1 May 2024 News
Amazone unveils new Cenio 4m mounted cultivator
Amazone has added a new addition to its Cenio range, unveiling its new Cenio 4000-2, which is a hydraulic-folding 4m mounted cultivator.
1 May 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
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
Krone and Lemken add front links and further develop autonomy project
Combined Powers, the joint autonomous tractor project between Lemken and Krone, has gained drive updates, front linkage and further developed autonomous process units for 2024 testing.
3 April 2024 News
Teagasc issues advice following fodder committee meeting
Teagasc has issued advice for both tillage and grassland farmers following a meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee.
2 April 2024 News
2024 exemption granted for ACRES shallow cultivation requirement
Due to the recent adverse weather, an exemption has been applied to the environmental management of arable fallow action in ACRES.
27 March 2024 News