Pesticides

Keeping your crop records up to date

There are a number of records to keep on top of when applying plant protection products to crops.

NEWS 26 December 2025

Keeping your crop records up to date

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Tillage management: wet fields, soil-sampling and planning

Tillage management: wet fields, soil-sampling and planning

HUSBANDRY 24 December 2025

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

NEWS 14 December 2025

Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs

Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs

Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs

HUSBANDRY 12 November 2025

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

FARM SAFETY 22 October 2025

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Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?

Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?

Farmers across the country generally need to spray at some stage or another, and should be trained and dressed appropriately.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Caution urged with pesticide use to protect water quality progress

Caution urged with pesticide use to protect water quality progress

Farmers have been reminded of best practice when using pesticides to safeguard the progress achieved in recent years.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 11 June 2025

Sheep Management: managing spent sheep dip and wormer efficacy

Sheep Management: managing spent sheep dip and wormer efficacy

With such a close spotlight on the disposal of spent sheep dip farmers need to take care to ensure it is disposed of correctly.

MANAGEMENT 11 June 2025

Healy-Rae urges farmers to wear PPE when spraying pesticides

Healy-Rae urges farmers to wear PPE when spraying pesticides

Minister Healy-Rae was speaking directly to professional pesticide users at Crops and Technology, held by Teagasc at its Crops Research and Innovation Centre at Oak Park.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Weed wiping rushes helps improve water quality

Weed wiping rushes helps improve water quality

A catchment in Cavan has seen its MCPA load reduce between 2022 and 2024, after a voluntary water protection project was rolled out for farmers.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 11 June 2025

Bribes worth €10m from farmers to Slovak officials uncovered

Bribes worth €10m from farmers to Slovak officials uncovered

The European Anti-Fraud Office released its annual report, which found fraud involving over €870m in misused European Union funds, including counterfeit pesticides.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Are you up to speed with sprayer testing?

Are you up to speed with sprayer testing?

Current regulation requires all horizontal boom sprayers to be tested once every three years; Gary Abbott looks at some of the key areas to consider before presenting a sprayer for testing.

FARM MACHINERY 11 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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