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Grain Trends: US crop area up to balance reduced yields

Grain markets have not moved too much in the past week as the Pro Farmer Crop Tour begins and the latest WASDE report is released.

MARKETS 19 August 2026

Grain Trends: US crop area up to balance reduced yields

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Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

HUSBANDRY 19 August 2026

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

Home Farm: second-cut silage ambitions

VIEWPOINTS 19 August 2026

Sector 'at risk' as growers will need financial aid to grow crops in 2027 - IFA

Sector 'at risk' as growers will need financial aid to grow crops in 2027 - IFA

Sector 'at risk' as growers will need financial aid to grow crops in 2027 - IFA

NEWS 17 August 2026

Tillage Podcast: harvest, oats, oilseed rape and the straw budget

Tillage Podcast: harvest, oats, oilseed rape and the straw budget

Tillage Podcast: harvest, oats, oilseed rape and the straw budget

NEWS 13 August 2026

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Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Oilseed rape is the crop that over the last 20 years has seen by far the greater genetic progress in terms of yield.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

Having a good rotation on tillage farms is helping to provide farmers with better yields.

CROPS 29 July 2026

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage farmers are busy harvesting crops and preparing to plant cover crops and oilseed rape on farms.

HUSBANDRY 29 July 2026

Drought hitting crops on light land

Drought hitting crops on light land

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Carlow, Galway and Kildare where the effects of the drought and waterlogging last spring are showing up in grain yields.

CROPS 29 July 2026

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

The straw yields from the wheat were also marginally less than what I would have normally expected.

VIEWPOINTS 29 July 2026

Grain Trends: markets fall with oil and sellers

Grain Trends: markets fall with oil and sellers

Grain markets fell this week, as traders took profits and oil prices fell, while crops were reported to be in good condition in the US.

MARKETS 29 July 2026

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Prices dropped back from a peak last week, but have held on to some of the gains from the past few weeks.

MARKETS 29 July 2026

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