Winter barley

Spring barley yielded well in south as drought hit midlands crops

The Irish Farmers Journal understands that the full Teagasc harvest report will be released next week.

NEWS 7 November 2026

Spring barley yielded well in south as drought hit midlands crops

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

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

NEWS 4 November 2026

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

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

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Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

Home Farm: mucky paddocks, but progress

On the concentrate side, having sold all our grain after the harvest, we are having to buy in.

VIEWPOINTS 14 October 2026

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

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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