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Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

This week’s podcast has news on tillage incomes and a chat with a US farmer in Iowa, one of the biggest cropping states in the United States.

NEWS 4 December 2025

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

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Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

HUSBANDRY 3 December 2025

The good and the bad: facts and figures

The good and the bad: facts and figures

NEWS 3 December 2025

Protein aid payments to hit bank accounts in coming days

Protein aid payments to hit bank accounts in coming days

Protein aid payments to hit bank accounts in coming days

NEWS 3 December 2025

Straw payments to commence from 16 December

Straw payments to commence from 16 December

Straw payments to commence from 16 December

NEWS 30 November 2025

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Tillage Podcast: chatting to a positive Wexford tillage farmer

Tillage Podcast: chatting to a positive Wexford tillage farmer

This week’s show features an interview with a young farmer from Wexford and covers blackgrass seed imports and possible changes to the two crop rule.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Billions of blackgrass seeds could be coming into the country in every load of straw imported from Britain, based on estimated infestation levels.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Editorial: blackgrass risk

Editorial: blackgrass risk

There is an immediate need for a campaign that increases awareness of and education about the risk posed by blackgrass

VIEWPOINTS 12 November 2025

Blackgrass seed coming from straw imports

Blackgrass seed coming from straw imports

Billions of blackgrass seeds could be imported into Ireland through straw imports and are a major biosecurity risk.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Tillage Podcast: straw, whiskey and magic insect traps

Tillage Podcast: straw, whiskey and magic insect traps

On this week’s show, we have guests from Bayer Crop Science and a distillery in England focused on ingredients.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Inside the Farmers Journal: straw imports, Dingle Mart and Irish lamb

Inside the Farmers Journal: straw imports, Dingle Mart and Irish lamb

This week, the team looks at straw imports, a big anniversary at Dingle Mart, Irish lamb in the US and Meals on Wheels.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Imports of straw exceed 40,000t this year

Imports of straw exceed 40,000t this year

Imports are likely to be back around 20% on 2024 levels, when close to 58,000 tonnes of straw was bought in from abroad.

NEWS 12 November 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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