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Tillage
Tillage Management: low disease pressure and spraying weather
Siobhán Walsh
There is low disease pressure in crops at present and weather is ideal for spraying most crops, but not crops like beet.
30 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: Fine weather for spraying
There is plenty of sunshine in the forecast for spraying herbicides and fungicides on winter and spring crops in the coming days.
29 April 2025 News
Make sure you are controlling weeds this spring
Weed control is the topic of the week this week. Make sure you are controlling weeds that have become resistant to some products.
The aphicide debate: to spray or not to spray
The optimum time to spray aphids has probably passed in most fields as crops were sown early. The majority of crops are not at high risk for BYDV.
27 April 2025 News
Tillage management: winter crops and weeds in spring cereals
Crops are generally doing well across the country. There is spraying to be done in many at present from herbicides to fungicides.
23 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: flag leaves, weeds and fungicides
Flag leaves are appearing on winter barley, while weeds will soon be sprayed on early-sown spring crops.
16 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: farmers getting up to date in the fields
Many tillage farmers are now up to date in the fields or are nearly up to date in the good weather. Some rain is due in the coming days.
9 April 2025 Husbandry
Is grass weed control becoming more difficult?
Herbicide resistance is likely to continue to challenge growers, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.
9 April 2025 Crop protection
Tillage Management: nitrogen, winter cereals and break crops
The weather continues to be dry at present and is allowing farmers to get jobs done in good conditions.
2 April 2025 Husbandry
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
Tillage management: sunshine, dry ground and spring cropping
A lot of work has been completed on tillage farms across the country in the past few weeks in very good weather conditions.
19 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Podcast: fine weather, new products and malt
On this week’s tillage podcast, we get down to practical agronomy on fertiliser, herbicides and fungicides and we hear from the malting barley meeting.
13 March 2025 News