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Demand for grass seed soars as new orders rise by 50%
Declan O’Brien
Seed companies and merchants report a significant bounce in grass seed sales this spring.
16 April 2025 Markets
Strong demand for organic oats a ‘real success story’ – Heydon
Minister Heydon was highlighting the opportunities for growth in the sector while speaking at the Organic Strategy Forum in Flahavan’s, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford on Wednesday 16 April.
6 April 2025 News
Watch: this week in photos, as farmers sow, graze and showcase spring farming
Our top farming photos from the past week include sowing in Tipperary, grazing prep in Laois, a spring farm walk in Mayo and more scenes from farms across Ireland.
Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy
Peter Thomas Keaveney put the latest Amazone Centeya Super 3m drill and disc harrow combo through its paces.
26 March 2025 Farm machinery
Home Farm: dry weather drives progress
The beans are in a full six weeks earlier than last year and there is now nothing left to sow.
26 March 2025 Viewpoints
Tillage Management: planting, fertiliser and disease control
It’s all happening in the tillage fields at present from sowing to spraying and spreading writes Siobhán Walsh.
26 March 2025 Husbandry
Home Farm: Spring work underway
As I write, we are sowing the beans. I was interested to see that our delivery came from Denmark.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Two decades of contracting in Carlow
Gary Abbott speaks with first generation agricultural contractor, Stephen Eustace from Co Carlow to find out about day-to-day business and his choice of machinery.
19 March 2025 Contracting
Kverneland replaces DA and S drill
Kverneland has introduced a new generation of one-pass mounted seed drills, replacing the popular DA and S drill models which ceased production last December.
5 March 2025 Farm machinery