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Home Farm: firm ground and fertiliser purchases

I am keen to reduce covers as winter approaches to encourage clover growth in the spring.

VIEWPOINTS 11 November 2026

Home Farm: firm ground and fertiliser purchases

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Tillage Podcast: Tillage Day preview, water quality and a new product

Tillage Podcast: Tillage Day preview, water quality and a new product

NEWS 29 October 2026

Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

NEWS 28 October 2026

Watch: 'the price is the problem' - sowing winter barley in Ballacolla

Watch: 'the price is the problem' - sowing winter barley in Ballacolla

Watch: 'the price is the problem' - sowing winter barley in Ballacolla

NEWS 22 October 2026

Tillage Podcast: new mill, malt and sowing

Tillage Podcast: new mill, malt and sowing

Tillage Podcast: new mill, malt and sowing

NEWS 15 October 2026

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Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

On the concentrate side, having sold all our grain after the harvest, we are having to buy in.

VIEWPOINTS 14 October 2026

Tillage management: weather, seed, three crops and fertiliser stocks

Tillage management: weather, seed, three crops and fertiliser stocks

Farmers are busy planting at present. Keep an eye on seed labels and rates and keep on top of the desk work as well.

HUSBANDRY 7 October 2026

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Keep on top of the paper work and get seed ordered before planting begins. Some farmers will be planting rye this week.

HUSBANDRY 23 September 2026

Wicklow contractor running both disc and power harrow drills

Wicklow contractor running both disc and power harrow drills

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Wicklow grower and contractor Sean Brennan, as he was busy sowing oilseed rape. Sean discusses why he runs both a disc and power harrow drill.

FARM MACHINERY 2 September 2026

Home Farm: one day too late

Home Farm: one day too late

How long do we wait to sow, and will the soil underneath be dry enough to allow the next option of ploughing and following directly with the one pass?

VIEWPOINTS 2 September 2026

New Erth Panbuster Drill aimed at cutting establishment costs goes on Irish tour

New Erth Panbuster Drill aimed at cutting establishment costs goes on Irish tour

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with David McCoubrey from Erth Engineering, to discuss the firm's new Panbuster Drill, ahead of a countrywide tour sowing winter crops.

FARM MACHINERY 26 August 2026

Kildare contractor puts Alstrong grass reseeding machine through its paces

Kildare contractor puts Alstrong grass reseeding machine through its paces

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Kildare contractor Michael O’Shea, to find out how he’s getting on with the Alstrong Auctus one pass reseeding unit, three years after taking delivery.

FARM MACHINERY 19 August 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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