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Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

Break crops are proving popular as oilseed rape, rye and oats see increases in the area planted.

NEWS 28 October 2026

Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

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Tillage Day: how to get more from markets

Tillage Day: how to get more from markets

NEWS 20 October 2026

100-day spring barley being grown in Co Louth

100-day spring barley being grown in Co Louth

VARIETIES 5 July 2026

'Irish grain is important - we need to do our best to support it'

'Irish grain is important - we need to do our best to support it'

'Irish grain is important - we need to do our best to support it'

NEWS 28 June 2026

Tillage Podcast: temperatures rise as tillage area drops

Tillage Podcast: temperatures rise as tillage area drops

Tillage Podcast: temperatures rise as tillage area drops

NEWS 25 June 2026

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Grass weeds worse this season, but no longer being ignored

Grass weeds worse this season, but no longer being ignored

Grass weeds are worse this season in many places, as farmers did not get out on crops after sowing with a herbicide and this needs to change.

CROPS 21 June 2026

Tillage Podcast: Cereals at Diddly Squat and crops in the northeast

Tillage Podcast: Cereals at Diddly Squat and crops in the northeast

On this week’s show, we report from the Cereals event which was held on Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm in England.

NEWS 11 June 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?