Oilseed rape

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

Tillage farmers have plenty of work to do in the fields this weather. Sprayers are busy at this time of the year.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

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Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

Home Farm: Catching up during dry spell

VIEWPOINTS 6 May 2026

Winter wheat yield and area drove 2025’s cereal output lift

Winter wheat yield and area drove 2025’s cereal output lift

NEWS 1 May 2026

Grain Trends: markets lift on fundamentals

Grain Trends: markets lift on fundamentals

Grain Trends: markets lift on fundamentals

MARKETS 29 April 2026

Tillage management: plenty to be done, maize drilling well underway

Tillage management: plenty to be done, maize drilling well underway

Tillage management: plenty to be done, maize drilling well underway

HUSBANDRY 29 April 2026

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My Farming Week: Paul McDermott, Ballindrait, Lifford, Co Donegal

My Farming Week: Paul McDermott, Ballindrait, Lifford, Co Donegal

Hailing from Donegal, Paul McDermott is kept busy running a mixed enterprise of beef, tillage and potatoes as well as contracting.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Grain Trends: markets remain stable, oilseed up again

Grain Trends: markets remain stable, oilseed up again

Grain markets are generally stable, but oilseed rape showed some increase this week as it headed for over €500/t again.

MARKETS 25 March 2026

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

Dempsey at Large: diesel - why don't we just use our own?

It seems shortsighted not to have at least a standby capacity to produce some of our own domestic needs.

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

Grain Trends: prices drop for grain and oilseeds

Grain Trends: prices drop for grain and oilseeds

Grain prices took a drop this week and so too did oilseeds as the news of a ceasefire between the US and Iran affected markets.

MARKETS 25 March 2026

Grain Trends: rapeseed heads over €500/t

Grain Trends: rapeseed heads over €500/t

Grain prices remain volatile. Oilseed rape prices are similar, but have climbed higher in recent days due to a number of factors.

MARKETS 25 March 2026

Ploughs busy as land slowly dries

Ploughs busy as land slowly dries

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as farmers plough and begin to sow spring crops.

CROPS 25 March 2026

Grain Trends: markets remain volatile

Grain Trends: markets remain volatile

Grain markets remain volatile at present and many different factors are affecting those markets.

MARKETS 25 March 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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