Winter wheat

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

Some have applied fungicides to crops, while more will be doing it in the coming days and weeks.

NEWS 29 March 2026

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

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Examining the costs of forage crops

Examining the costs of forage crops

CROPS 21 March 2026

New flour mill could take Irish wheat in 2027

New flour mill could take Irish wheat in 2027

NEWS 11 March 2026

Watch: drone spraying to feed wet wheat in Wexford

Watch: drone spraying to feed wet wheat in Wexford

Watch: drone spraying to feed wet wheat in Wexford

NEWS 8 March 2026

Winter barley and wheat area estimated to be up

Winter barley and wheat area estimated to be up

Winter barley and wheat area estimated to be up

NEWS 25 February 2026

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Be mindful of yellow rust this spring

Be mindful of yellow rust this spring

With a breakdown in the YR15 resistance gene, growers must be on the lookout for any signs of yellow rust infection in winter wheat this year, writes Conor Kehoe.

NEWS 30 September 2025

Aiming high on yields and water quality on Wexford farm

Aiming high on yields and water quality on Wexford farm

Isaac Wheelock recently won an award for his farming achievements, but he has plans to yield higher.

NEWS 30 September 2025

What this year’s grain prices mean for growers

What this year’s grain prices mean for growers

Grain prices have been announced for harvest 2025. Farmers will struggle to make money at some of these prices.

NEWS 30 September 2025

Planting continues in the fields

Planting continues in the fields

Farmers are taking out crops and planting winter cereals at present as dry weather has made the job much easier in recent weeks.

NEWS 30 September 2025

Meadow grass control: the solution under threat

Meadow grass control: the solution under threat

Autumn residual herbicides remain effective on annual meadow grass, including ALS-resistant populations, but this strategy faces future challenges, writes Teagasc researcher Vijaya Bhaskar.

CROPS 30 September 2025

Tillage Management: calculating seed rate for winter crops

Tillage Management: calculating seed rate for winter crops

Calculating seed rate is an important job and amounts will change with date of sowing and soil conditions.

HUSBANDRY 30 September 2025

Running out of herbicide options for grass weeds

Running out of herbicide options for grass weeds

Herbicide options for grass weed control are running out and so need to be protected by using them as efficiently as possible.

NEWS 30 September 2025

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