Winter wheat

Winter wheat yield and area drove 2025’s cereal output lift

New CSO figures confirm an increase in the tillage area planted in 2025, with strong winter planting figures driving the rise.

NEWS 1 May 2026

Winter wheat yield and area drove 2025’s cereal output lift

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Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

CROPS 22 April 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

HUSBANDRY 22 April 2026

Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

Targeting fungicides to leaves in winter wheat

CROPS 21 April 2026

From the Tramlines: oilseed rape in flower as sowing stalled

From the Tramlines: oilseed rape in flower as sowing stalled

From the Tramlines: oilseed rape in flower as sowing stalled

FROM THE TRAMLINES 15 April 2026

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Protection more critical than ever for winter wheat disease control

Protection more critical than ever for winter wheat disease control

Yellow rust was a major issue last year, but does not have to be with prevention. Septoria is still the big disease challenge in winter wheat. Steven Kildea of Teagasc reports.

CROP PROTECTION 25 February 2026

Good agronomy is key to having good crops

Good agronomy is key to having good crops

Fungicides have added to yield over the past number of decades, writes Tom McCabe of UCD. Good agronomy and decisions are what make the profit.

CROP PROTECTION 25 February 2026

Preventing disease in winter cereals this season

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 25 February 2026

Examining the costs of forage crops

Examining the costs of forage crops

Forage crops are expensive to grow, so it is important to know the costs and have a payment plan in place when growing for someone else.

CROPS 25 February 2026

New flour mill could take Irish wheat in 2027

New flour mill could take Irish wheat in 2027

The Irish Tillage and Land Use Society's spring workshop heard that premiums were paid for Irish milling wheat in 2025.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Watch: drone spraying to feed wet wheat in Wexford

Watch: drone spraying to feed wet wheat in Wexford

Yield Watch is a new video series where we will follow a crop of winter wheat in Co Wexford, which Isaac Wheelock is hoping for high yields on.

NEWS 25 February 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 25 February 2026

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A different kind of farm visit

Organic beef and sheep farmer, Kay O’Sullivan, describes her experience of hosting a group of chefs on her farm.

A different kind of farm visit

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