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Northern Ireland
My experience after two years of MSS
John Egerton
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton wanted to see if MSS could perform on land in the west.
8 September 2023 News
Farmer Writes: reasonably well on track despite the weather
Farmer James Strain has his second-cut silage done and his slurry out, despite the poor ground conditions and wet weather.
30 August 2023 Northern Ireland
Having another go at red clover silage
Red clover silage could help cut bills for fertiliser and meal, writes John Egerton
Letters to the editor: ragwort problem
"It is amazing that local authority officials and councillors have tolerated this." - John McCullen, Beamore, Drogheda, Co Meath
9 August 2023 Letters
EFSA review points way to EU keeping glyphosate
While delays in EFSA’s assessment of the chemical had left it possible that glyphosate would no longer be available for use by the EU’s farmers, a new report suggests otherwise.
6 July 2023 News
Hort demo highlights: Treffler precision tine harrow
Dutch manufacturer Treffler demonstrated its 8m precision tine harrow in the mechanical weed control demonstration as part of the recent Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations event.
5 July 2023 News
Hort demo highlights: Pöttinger Rotocare V6600
Pöttinger demonstrated its versatile Rotocare V6600 6.6m rotary hoe in the mechanical weed control demonstration as part of the recent Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations event.
5 July 2023 News
Hort demo highlights: Einbock Chopstar and Aerostar-Exact
PJ Callan demonstrated the Einbock Chopstar and Aerostar-Exact weeding machines in the weed control demonstration as part of the recent Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations event at Teagasc Oak Park.
5 July 2023 News
Hort demo highlights: Ferrari Remoweed inter-row hoe
Brophy Produce demonstrated the Ferrari Remoweed automatic weeder in the weed control demonstration as part of the recent Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations event at Teagasc Oak Park.
5 July 2023 News
Gene editing - a force for good or ill?
Surely gene-editing's time has come, with the opposition of environmental groups to EU proposals for approval looking increasingly founded in ideology rather than science.
28 June 2023 Dealer
Watch: Ireland first autonomous seed-n-weed robot gets to work in the southeast
Gary Abbott recently caught up Ireland’s first autonomous field robot, the FarmDroid FD20, working in Co Kilkenny, weeding a crop of beet it had sown earlier in the spring.
14 June 2023 Farm machinery
Moves to make blackgrass a noxious weed
The Noxious Weeds Act is currently under review by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
7 June 2023 News