Plants
Phelim O'Neill on 26 Jan 2022
Factories that paid the best and worst prices
There is a €200/head price difference between the top- and bottom-paying factory in a single grade, writes Phelim O’Neill.
Ilka Denker on 26 Jan 2022
Agricultural projects reap awards at BT Young Scientist competition
Planting mini seaweed farms, making horse manure a resource and a Smart Yard – students show great innovation with their Science and Technology projects, writes Ilka Denker.
Adam Woods on 26 Jan 2022
Factory agents active for forward cattle
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including prices being paid for heifers, bullocks and cows.
Stephen Robb on 19 Jan 2022
Adjusting nitrogen rates for 2022
The current high nitrogen prices has focused the minds of many growers and many are now asking how much they can reduce application rates by, writes Stephen Robb.
Andy Doyle on 10 Jan 2022
Steroids: helping plants respond to heat stress
Steroid hormones appear to contribute to the heat stress resistance mechanism that can be found in plants, according to new research from Germany.
Gary Abbott on 06 Jan 2022
John Deere wins CES innovation award for spot-spraying tech
John Deere has won innovation accolades in two categories for its See & Spray spot spraying technology at this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2022) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Andy Doyle on 05 Jan 2022
Tillage Management: frost could be used to knock excess catch crop vegetation
This is still very much the dormant period for tillage farming but there may be an occasional job still to be done in some crops or fields
Gerry Daly on 29 Dec 2021
Gardening: looking after Christmas plants
Were you given a plant at Christmas time? They are part of the seasonal celebration but need to be looked after properly to get best results, writes Gerry Daly.
Anne O'Donoghue on 22 Dec 2021
My Country Living: perfect poinsettias
Poinsettias are tricky to grow, but that doesn’t stop Kilmoon Cross Nurseries putting almost 100,000 of these Christmas plants in shops every year. Andrea McMahon in conversation with Anne O’Donoghue
Peter Thomas Keaveney on 22 Dec 2021
Factory tour: Argo Tractors building 22,000 tractors each year in Italy
With the capacity to build 22,000 tractors each year across its six production plants, Peter Thomas Keaveney visited one of Argo Tractors' manufacturing plants in Italy.
Gerry Daly on 01 Dec 2021
In the Garden with Gerry Daly: winter rays
This week, Gerry Daly tells us all about the mahonia, which flowers in spring.
Stephen Robb on 01 Dec 2021
30-40% of Europe’s gas consumption could be met with biomethane by 2050
By 2050, 30 to 40 % of Europe’s total gas consumption could be met with biomethane, according to a new report published by the European Biogas Association, writes Stephen Robb.
Gerry Daly on 24 Nov 2021
In the garden with Gerry Daly: easy-care succulents
Gerry Daly discusses succulents, decorative seed-heads and the jobs to get done in the garden this week.
Gerry Daly on 17 Nov 2021
In the Garden with Gerry: strawberry tree
This tree is often referred to as the Killarney strawberry tree as it is often seen growing in south Kerry, writes Gerry Daly.
Siobhán Walsh on 07 Nov 2021
Do you need to get a 'hedgucation'?
Hedgerows are the focus of the Society of Irish Plant Pathology at this week's Science Week.
Contributor on 03 Nov 2021
Last throw of the dice – the importance of ivy flowers to honeybees
By flowering during an unusual period of warm weather this year, the ivy blooms made it possible for honeybees to capitalise on its nectar and pollen supply, writes Willie O’Byrne.
Gerry Daly on 03 Nov 2021
In the Garden with Gerry Daly: fillers at the edge
The gaps at the front of borders become more obvious now that the foliage of perennial flowers have begun to wither away, writes Gerry Daly.
Andy Doyle on 01 Nov 2021
Carving and defending a new niche – persimmons
Continuing with my ITLUS tour report to Australia in 2020, our first visit in New South Wales was to a persimmon grower and most of us had not previously even heard of the crop.
Gerry Daly on 06 Oct 2021
In the garden with Gerry Daly: shoo-in sumac
Gerry Daly discusses an old garden favourite, sumac, as well as planting spring bulbs and the jobs to get done this week.
Kieran Mailey on 06 Oct 2021
Worker dispute hits ABP Lurgan kill
A walkout by staff at ABP Lurgan caused major disruption to processing operation operations earlier this week.