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Home Farm: hay baled after dry days
Matt Dempsey
We have now fully replenished our hay stocks, and hopefully a reasonable second cut of silage will bring us up to meet our target supplies of winter feed.
24 July 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Management: safety, stubbles and straw
There looks to be some good weather on the way for the harvest. Farmers who have been unable to cut will be glad to see a dry spell.
22 July 2024 News
Tillage farmers being dealt ‘blow after blow’
Danny Doyle’s brother was discing a field where they had chopped straw when news broke that the straw chopping scheme was being suspended.
Decision on straw will hit confidence in tillage
Tillage Industry Ireland has said the decision by the Minister to seek to suspend the Straw Incorporation Measure has eroded confidence in the sector.
19 July 2024 News
Exclusive: areas of crops applied for chopping in 2024
Here is the breakdown of the crop areas in the Straw Measure which the Minister for Agriculture wants to suspend.
19 July 2024 News
Minister scraps straw scheme
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure were worth €12.3m to farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News
Grain Trends: no major moves on prices
Grain and oilseed prices were not looking hectic this week wit a big drop in French wheat and oilseed prices.
17 July 2024 Markets
Speculation that straw scheme will be dropped
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure were worth €12.3m to farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News
Home Farm: beef weakens and first steps for harvest
Hopefully the bulk of the winter barley will meet the specifications without any pre-harvest treatment.
10 July 2024 Viewpoints
Tillage Management: harvest, whole crop and assessing crops
As harvest approaches for many farmers, it is important to be prepared and also to assess crop performance.
10 July 2024 Husbandry
Winter cereal area falls by 30% - Department
Overall, the country’s tillage area is back 1% to 334,450ha in 2024.
10 July 2024 News
Recommended lists for oilseed rape out
The 2024 recommended list for oilseed rape was published by the Department of Agriculture recently.
7 July 2024 News