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Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

Last Friday we visited John Culbert as he harvested winter barley on his farm outside Athy as temperatures hit somewhere around 28°C.

CROPS 15 July 2026

Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

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Certain varieties suited to wide row spacings

Certain varieties suited to wide row spacings

CROPS 24 June 2026

Cereals 2026: Lemken return with NT direct drill

Cereals 2026: Lemken return with NT direct drill

FARM MACHINERY 17 June 2026

Cereals 2026: Erth Engineering Panbuster drill breaks surface

Cereals 2026: Erth Engineering Panbuster drill breaks surface

Cereals 2026: Erth Engineering Panbuster drill breaks surface

FARM MACHINERY 17 June 2026

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

Farmer Writes: a man that could have sold straw to tillage farmers

FARMER WRITES 20 May 2026

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Erth Engineering to show entry level drill

Erth Engineering to show entry level drill

Erth Engineering will be showcasing its latest developments at Grass 2026, including its new E-Series Agriseeder, panbuster offering and aerator.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Tillage Management: patience key as farmers wait for fields to dry out

Patience will be key in the coming days and weeks as farmers need to wait for land to dry and get crops planted in good conditions.

HUSBANDRY 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: why many of our fields are no-till ready

Farmer Writes: why many of our fields are no-till ready

It is, on our heavy flat land, the principal reason why I like min-till; the good trafficability it provides, allied to the fact of how level the fields become when ploughing ceases.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

Adapting to trends in tillage, such as the EU plough market declining by 50% in three years, Lemken has introduced a raft of new products. Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Lemken HQ in Germany.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Stand-out machinery highlights at the 2025 Tullamore Show – part two

Stand-out machinery highlights at the 2025 Tullamore Show – part two

With the number of machinery exhibitors up 30% on last year, last Sunday’s Tullamore Show saw its largest machinery exhibition to date, Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

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