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Beef
Tearing up the cattle trade in Texas
Adam Woods
A chat with the Speer family who run the Southwest Livestock exchange located just west of San Antonio in the heart of Texas.
2 March 2025 News
New and improved brome herbicide hits the market
Broadway Star which is a common herbicide used to control brome in winter wheat is getting an upgrade.
26 February 2025 News
Cutting back on nitrogen on forward crops
This year farmers are being advised to cut back on nitrogen to reduce disease levels on crops. A change from recent years, writes Siobhan Walsh.
Weekend weather: mild, misty and cloudy
Met Éireann has announced that the weekend will be fairly mild and cloudy, with highest temperatures of 10°C.
14 February 2025 News
100% of septoria has resistance to fungicides
Winter wheat disease control is becoming more difficult, but there are tools available to deal with the disease.
12 February 2025 News
Tillage Management: beans, forward wheat and weather
This week’s management notes look at planting beans and whether or not to push winter wheat crops.
12 February 2025 Husbandry
Home Farm: straw runs out
The first job is to get the slurry fully under control so that if we do get a prolonged spell of wet weather, there won’t be a problem with storage capacity under the slats.
22 January 2025 Viewpoints
56% of tillage farms earn positive margin
A Teagasc report has shown that many tillage farms are not profitable. However, incomes are predicted to improve in 2025.
8 December 2024 News
Winter cereal area estimated up almost 27,000ha
Teagasc has released winter cereal and oilseed rape cropping area estimates for the 2025 season.
24 November 2024 News
Teagasc estimates 1.9m tonnes of cereals produced
Teagasc outlined extremely wet months of weather in October, November, February, March and April as one of the major factors affecting planting and crop yields.
22 November 2024 News
Home Farm: Sowing the last of the autumn crops
While this autumn has been a huge improvement in being able to get crops established, it had been an expensive summer.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
Costs, returns and targets for winter crops
It’s essential to estimate costs and look at realistic yields for crops so that you can plan for the season ahead.
9 October 2024 News