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Tillage
Grain Trends: no major moves in markets
Siobhán Walsh
Wheat prices moved down this week, but overall have not moved much over the past few days.
16 October 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Management: sowing, harvesting and weed control
Ground conditions are still good for planting. Many farmers still have crops to harvest across the country.
9 October 2024 News
Grain trends: wheat and oilseeds rise
Wheat and oilseed prices increased in the last week, with many factors affecting prices across the globe.
Grain Trends: oilseed rape moves up
Oilseed rape increased this week, but wheat did not increase significantly and is relatively stable.
25 September 2024 Markets
Feeling the effects of late sowing this season
Weeks behind with harvest, it’s been a high-pressure year for Footprint Farmer Gareth Culligan in Co Louth.
18 September 2024 Footprint Farmers
Grain Trends: prices down after rebound
Grain prices increased slightly last week, but went back down this week. There are a lot of factors affecting prices.
18 September 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Podcast: still time to plant oilseed as harvest continues
This week’s show has a report on harvest from the northeast, has advice on oilseed rape planting and all the news.
12 September 2024 News
Home Farm: some cattle in, mole ploughing in tillage
We have ended up housing the most forward cattle and will probably aim to finish them for the pre-Christmas market.
11 September 2024 Viewpoints
Over 70% of cereal harvest completed
The weather has not been good for farmers with crops to cut over the past week as showery weather continued.
11 September 2024 News
Tillage Management: harvest, bales and stubbles
Rain halted work at the weekend, and it looks like there is showery weather in the forecast with a lot of crops still to be cut.
4 September 2024 Husbandry
Competing land demands threaten tillage sector
As the grain rolls, the new cropping season starts. Oilseed rape is being planted this week. Growers have to make decisions.
28 August 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: a tale of two enterprises
Never have we sown oilseed rape so early, but the expensive lesson of late sowing, followed by a wet autumn, has left a mark.
28 August 2024 Viewpoints