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2025 in tillage: blackgrass, seed, stubbles and prices

2025 has been a difficult year for tillage farmers. Here are some of the big stories from the year gone by.

NEWS 24 December 2025

2025 in tillage: blackgrass, seed, stubbles and prices

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Weed risks should be added to plant health strategy

Weed risks should be added to plant health strategy

NEWS 21 December 2025

Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

HUSBANDRY 17 December 2025

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

NEWS 17 December 2025

Editorial: blackgrass risk

Editorial: blackgrass risk

Editorial: blackgrass risk

VIEWPOINTS 19 November 2025

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Importing straw from England a 'very dangerous practice'

Importing straw from England a 'very dangerous practice'

A UK weeds scientist has said that importing straw from fields with high levels of blackgrass to Ireland is a dangerous practice.

NEWS 4 June 2025

Weed control begins with seed rate

Weed control begins with seed rate

Overestimating establishment rates in cereal crops can give grass weeds room to spread, writes Conor Kehoe.

NEWS 4 June 2025

Meadow grass control: the solution under threat

Meadow grass control: the solution under threat

Autumn residual herbicides remain effective on annual meadow grass, including ALS-resistant populations, but this strategy faces future challenges, writes Teagasc researcher Vijaya Bhaskar.

CROPS 4 June 2025

Running out of herbicide options for grass weeds

Running out of herbicide options for grass weeds

Herbicide options for grass weed control are running out and so need to be protected by using them as efficiently as possible.

NEWS 4 June 2025

Grass weed problem is much worse than we think

Grass weed problem is much worse than we think

The threat of grass weeds to tillage farmers is well covered, but has it become boring? Looking at crops in the UK highlights the issue.

NEWS 4 June 2025

Flufenacet herbicide to be out of use in 2026

Flufenacet herbicide to be out of use in 2026

Flufenacet is an important herbicide in winter cereals and is an active ingredient contained in Firebird.

NEWS 4 June 2025

Herbicide resistance testing: now is the time

Herbicide resistance testing: now is the time

Undetected resistance on your farm can quickly turn into a costly, long-term issue warns Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc

NEWS 4 June 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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