Winter Barley

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

Tillage farmers will make use of the dry weather. There’s a lot to catch up on with sowing of all spring crops the priority.

HUSBANDRY 22 April 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

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Winter barley pushing on for growth regulator and fungicides

Winter barley pushing on for growth regulator and fungicides

HUSBANDRY 19 April 2026

Grain premiums possible with AgNav

Grain premiums possible with AgNav

NEWS 1 April 2026

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

NEWS 29 March 2026

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

NEWS 27 March 2026

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Farmer Writes: maybe I'll become a summer grazing farmer

Farmer Writes: maybe I'll become a summer grazing farmer

Such a change would permanently remove me from the sow-fertiliser-spray-combine cycle giving me loads of time to go on holiday and an odd weekend away.

FARMER WRITES 7 January 2026

Sowing beans and big beet yields

Sowing beans and big beet yields

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Dublin and Tyrone where fertiliser is being spread and the last of the beet was pulled.

CROPS 7 January 2026

Fertiliser going out on drier land

Fertiliser going out on drier land

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as some farmers cautiously make it back out into the fields to spread fertiliser.

CROPS 7 January 2026

Winter barley and wheat area estimated to be up

Winter barley and wheat area estimated to be up

Winter barley and wheat area is estimated up, while the area of winter oats is estimated to have dropped dramatically.

NEWS 7 January 2026

Pics: see the 12 Tirlán grain award winners

Pics: see the 12 Tirlán grain award winners

Here are all the winners of the Tirlán Grain Quality Awards announced last week at a ceremony in Co Cork.

NEWS 7 January 2026

New BYDV guidelines on the way

New BYDV guidelines on the way

There was lots of news on plant viruses at the National Tillage Conference and new guidelines on BYDV are set to come from this research.

NEWS 7 January 2026

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

The Home Farm: not a typical beef year

My average CBV was almost exactly the same at €149 as the national average of €150.

VIEWPOINTS 7 January 2026

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