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Machinery
Making the most of machine settings for tillage cultivations
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Most modern machinery has a significant amount of adjustment capability. These adjustments are seldom utilised but they are there for a purpose to help you do a better job. Andy Doyle reports.
31 January 2024 Husbandry
Tillage management: wet weather leaves machinery parked
There is plenty of planning to be done on tillage farms at present. Seed and fertiliser need to be ordered.
17 January 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Management: look up the lists and order seed
Its time to get planning for spring cropping, so have a look at the recommended lists and order your seed as soon as possible.
Tillage Management: managing catch crops and upcoming events for your diary
Rain has dominated the forecast, but hopefully drier weather is on the way. There are plenty of events coming up in January.
3 January 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Management: cover crops and testing sprayers
Cover crops can be grazed from 1 January if you have buffers in place. Your sprayer may also be due its test.
27 December 2023 Husbandry
Tillage management: ploughing, records and taking a break
If weather allows, you might get out to the field. If not, it’s the time of the year to get records in order and to take a break.
20 December 2023 Husbandry
Tillage Management: planting, rules and ploughing
Dry weather over the last while has been a help in the fields. There are a lot of dates and rules to remember at present.
29 November 2023 Husbandry
Understanding the enemy that is blackgrass
Sarah Cook from ADAS gave her top tips on blackgrass control at the Teagasc grass weeds conference.
12 November 2023 News
Farmer Writes: This autumn is best forgotten
Tillage and beef farmer Gerald Potterton writes about the autumnal weather and its impact on fieldwork.
25 October 2023 Farmer Writes
Is once-off ploughing an option for min-till or direct drill users?
Dermot Forristal, a researcher at Teagasc, Oak Park, weighs up the pros and cons of ploughing fields in a wet year when you are generally using low-disturbance tillage to establish crops.
18 October 2023 News
Irish ploughers retain world champion titles
The World Ploughing Contest took place in Kuldiga, Latvia, from 13 to 14 October.
16 October 2023 News
Smart tech solution for off-grid energy
The PowerBox off-grid power unit was recently demonstrated on the Irish Farmers Journal stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. Here’s what it can do.
14 October 2023 Renewables