Stubbles

No need to cultivate stubbles after harvest as rule removed

The stubble cultivation rules after harvest no longer need to be implemented under the nitrates directive.

NEWS 12 July 2026

No need to cultivate stubbles after harvest as rule removed

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Stubble cultivation rules to be scrapped

Stubble cultivation rules to be scrapped

Tillage farmers will be happy to hear that stubble cultivation requirements have been removed from the proposed sixth Nitrates Action Plan.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Tillage Management: oilseed rape planting, beans harvesting and catch crops

Tillage Management: oilseed rape planting, beans harvesting and catch crops

Farmers are busy planting catch crops and oilseed rape and harvesting beans or checking to see if crops are ready for harvest.

HUSBANDRY 1 January 1970

Cultivation rules a huge safety concern

Cultivation rules a huge safety concern

Proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan could bring about unsafe working conditions for tillage farmers.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: a steam rally and my earliest-ever harvest

Farmer Writes: a steam rally and my earliest-ever harvest

The fixational monitoring of the dew or showers on the radar is gone for another year.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

Recap: stubble cultivation rules

Recap: stubble cultivation rules

Here's a quick reminder of the nitrates rules around stubble cultivation after tillage crops, which has to be carried out after harvest.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Lemken Karat offers primary cultivation and cover cropping on Cork farm

Lemken Karat offers primary cultivation and cover cropping on Cork farm

Two years ago, Hegarty Agri moved to a new Lemken Karat 10 trailed cultivator, with two purposes in mind- firstly for some primary cultivations, and secondly, to sow cover crops.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

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Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

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