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Farming For Nature's advisory service open for applications
Rachel Donovan
The advisory service is available for 50 farms across Ireland to receive on-the-ground practical advice from fellow farmers.
27 February 2025 News
Hemp diversification most suitable for tillage farms - Teagasc
Barry Caslin and Dr Fiona Thorne of Teagasc told the crowd at the industrial hemp conference in Ashtown, Co Dublin, on Thursday about the uses of hemp as a rotation crop.
14 February 2025 News
Commission environment and health sector policies a worry - Heydon
Minister Martin Heydon made the comment while speaking at the Irish Grain Growers Group AGM in Portlaoise on Friday, in which he disagreed with measures that limit food production.
Watch: cover and companion crops in Co Louth
Gareth Culligan is a tillage farmer from Co Louth and is working on improving his soil and reducing chemical use on his farm.
7 January 2025 News
Would I plant beans in April again? No
Gerald Potterton takes a look back at the year that was 2024 in the tillage fields.
1 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Youngstock Podcast: PhDs, agronomy and the future of tillage
On this week's Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to Robert Beattie, business development manager with Terrachem and Meath tillage farmer, about his role and the future of the sector.
18 November 2024 Podcast
Access to land a 'huge issue' for tillage farmers
Access to land could be managed in a “more proactive way” and that structure and policy is needed to actually put that in place, Liam Leahy of Dairygold has said.
13 November 2024 News
In pictures: John Deere 6155R tops tillage farmer auction at €60,000
A 2016 John Deere 6155R Ultimate Edition with 5,800 hours secured €60,000 plus VAT and fees, topping the auction of a retiring Carlow tillage farmer last week.
6 November 2024 Farm machinery
Mixed views on ACRES at nature conference
At the annual Farming for Nature event, farmers expressed differing views on ACRES.
30 October 2024 News