Tillage management

Weekend weather: cloudy with scattered rain and highs of 24°C

Rain and drizzle will be most frequent in the north and northwest, while the south and southeast will see drier conditions, occasional sunny spells and the highest temperatures.

NEWS 24 July 2026

Weekend weather: cloudy with scattered rain and highs of 24°C

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Tillage Management: harvest, catch crops and beet

Tillage Management: harvest, catch crops and beet

HUSBANDRY 22 July 2026

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

HUSBANDRY 15 July 2026

Tillage Management: safety at harvest in the heat

Tillage Management: safety at harvest in the heat

Tillage Management: safety at harvest in the heat

HUSBANDRY 8 July 2026

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

HUSBANDRY 1 July 2026

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Yield watch: sparse wheat crop has rallied and looks excellent

Yield watch: sparse wheat crop has rallied and looks excellent

The gate is closed on Isaac Wheelock's winter wheat and last week we traveled to assess the progress, as the crop soaked in the sunshine.

CROPS 3 June 2026

Tillage Management: hot weather, weeds and walking crops

Tillage Management: hot weather, weeds and walking crops

At this time of the year tillage farmers could be out walking crops and examining fields and decisions.

HUSBANDRY 3 June 2026

Tillage management: yellow leaves from virus and grass weeds

Tillage management: yellow leaves from virus and grass weeds

Yellow leaves may not hit your yield very badly, but it looks bad in the fields at the minute and seems to be in most spring barley.

HUSBANDRY 3 June 2026

Tillage Management: final fungicides on spring barley

Tillage Management: final fungicides on spring barley

Many spring barley crops are now at the final fungicide stage and in current weather conditions will need an application soon.

HUSBANDRY 3 June 2026

Tillage Podcast: crop protection - bans, renewals and politics versus science

Tillage Podcast: crop protection - bans, renewals and politics versus science

On this week’s show, we sit down with Olivier de Matos of CropLife Europe, have a field work update and the Grain Trends and weather reports.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Farming for water scheme: what you need to know for 2026

Farming for water scheme: what you need to know for 2026

If you were accepted into the Farming for Water scheme in 2025 then you are automatically accepted in 2026.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

The sunshine last week has sent crops flying through the growth stages. When the rains Stops the sprayers will be out.

HUSBANDRY 3 June 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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