Winter Barley

My Farming Week: growing potatoes for Aldi, Tayto and O'Donnells on a mixed farm

Will Stokes is a Teagasc Signpost farmer and farms in partnership with his father Paddy. They have a mixed enterprise in south Tipperary.

NEWS 4 November 2026

My Farming Week: growing potatoes for Aldi, Tayto and O'Donnells on a mixed farm

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Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

Winter crops set to hold steady for 2027 as oats recover

NEWS 28 October 2026

Home Farm: a week of paperwork

Home Farm: a week of paperwork

VIEWPOINTS 28 October 2026

Weekend weather: settled and mainly dry with cooler temperatures

Weekend weather: settled and mainly dry with cooler temperatures

Weekend weather: settled and mainly dry with cooler temperatures

NEWS 16 October 2026

Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

VIEWPOINTS 14 October 2026

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What four years of trials reveal about BYDV-tolerant winter barley

What four years of trials reveal about BYDV-tolerant winter barley

BYDV tolerant varieties provide higher grain yields in medium and high BYDV pressure years. Conor Kehoe reports

CROPS 7 October 2026

Farmer Writes: the earthy season of planting begins

Farmer Writes: the earthy season of planting begins

Gerald Potterton writes about the seasonal transition underway for tillage farmers.

FARMER WRITES 7 October 2026

Weekend weather: more settled with the odd shower

Weekend weather: more settled with the odd shower

High pressure to the south will dominate, with largely dry conditions and lighter winds compared to recent days.

NEWS 2 October 2026

Tillage management: Watching the weather to plant winter crops

Tillage management: Watching the weather to plant winter crops

Farmers will be trying to plant winter cereal crops in the coming days and weeks when weather allows.

HUSBANDRY 30 September 2026

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Keep on top of the paper work and get seed ordered before planting begins. Some farmers will be planting rye this week.

HUSBANDRY 23 September 2026

New winter cereal herbicide launched

New winter cereal herbicide launched

A new winter cereal herbicide has been launched to the market for the winter sowing season, which claims good control of annual meadow grass.

NEWS 6 September 2026

Seven in 10 recommended winter barley varieties are virus tolerant

Seven in 10 recommended winter barley varieties are virus tolerant

Virus tolerance has become normal in winter barley varieties. Three new varieties on the list have good disease resistance.

CROPS 2 September 2026

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