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Weekend weather: mostly dry, with rain on way for Sunday

Met Éireann has forecast a mostly dry weekend, until rain is set to move in on Sunday morning.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Weekend weather: mostly dry, with rain on way for Sunday

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Grain weights differ and impact seed rate

Grain weights differ and impact seed rate

HUSBANDRY 4 March 2026

Home Farm: slurry season opens

Home Farm: slurry season opens

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

Lemken shows latest wares in tilling, sowing and technology

NEWS 24 December 2025

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

Kildare grower praises low-cost pin-point retrofit Chinese auto steer

FARM MACHINERY 23 December 2025

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Home Farm: cattle back out by day

Home Farm: cattle back out by day

We are not quite finished all the sowing but with the forecast so good, we are expecting to get it finished and rolled within the next day or so.

VIEWPOINTS 17 August 2025

Tillage Management: sowing, seed rates and safety

Tillage Management: sowing, seed rates and safety

Tillage farmers have been busy planting winter cereals in recent weeks and there are still plenty of crops to sow.

HUSBANDRY 17 August 2025

Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we visit an Italian ryegrass trial site in England, talk about the budget and winter cereal planting.

NEWS 17 August 2025

Planting under way as 2025 prices still not out

Planting under way as 2025 prices still not out

Tillage farmers are busy planting winter crops this week, despite the majority of them not knowing what final price they will be paid for grain they delivered in 2025.

NEWS 17 August 2025

Rye: you need a market before you plant it

Rye: you need a market before you plant it

Rye has grown in popularity on farms. It is another option to spread workload, but you need a market for it.

CROPS 17 August 2025

Horsch debuts latest cultivation and seeding wares

Horsch debuts latest cultivation and seeding wares

Gary Abbott travelled to Germany last week, where Horsch unveiled a suite of new and updated products which will be publicly launched at Agritechnica this November.

FARM MACHINERY 17 August 2025

Oilseed rape seed sales increase dramatically

Oilseed rape seed sales increase dramatically

Oilseed rape area is set to rise this season as conditions are ideal for planting after the early harvest.

NEWS 17 August 2025

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Select milk replacers carefully to ensure top calf development and growth

Maximising the potential of every animal starts with selecting a quality calf milk replacer (CMR) that includes a bespoke health package to suit the calves being fed.

Select milk replacers carefully to ensure top calf development and growth

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