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Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

This week’s show features an interview with James O’Loughlin of Quinns and a chance to win one of three €250 fuel vouchers.

NEWS 16 July 2026

Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

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Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

Home Farm: grass slows as harvest starts

VIEWPOINTS 15 July 2026

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

FARMER WRITES 15 July 2026

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 July 2026

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

HUSBANDRY 15 July 2026

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Editorial: straw chopping confusion as tillage farmers left in limbo

Editorial: straw chopping confusion as tillage farmers left in limbo

You cannot un-chop straw, and it’s not fair for the Minister or the Department of Agriculture to leave farmers in such an uncertain position.

VIEWPOINTS 12 July 2026

Mixed yields as harvest continues

Mixed yields as harvest continues

Winter barley, winter oats and oilseed rape have all been cut across the country as high temperatures continue.

NEWS 12 July 2026

Low-moisture grain and thriving maize

Low-moisture grain and thriving maize

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Offaly, Laois and Louth, where the harvest has begun and maize is flying in the hot weather.

CROPS 12 July 2026

Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

Last Friday, we visited John Culbert as he harvested winter barley on his farm outside Athy, as temperatures hit somewhere around 28°C.

CROPS 12 July 2026

Watch: harvesting winter barley in the heatwave

Watch: harvesting winter barley in the heatwave

Watch this tillage farmer cutting winter barley in Athy last Friday in the heatwave. Moisture contents were low, but conditions were good.

NEWS 12 July 2026

Farmers are harvesting oats with no idea if they can chop straw under SIM

Farmers are harvesting oats with no idea if they can chop straw under SIM

Farmers across the country are continuing to harvest crops, but have no idea if they will be paid under the Straw Incorporation Measure or not.

NEWS 12 July 2026

No need to cultivate stubbles after harvest as rule removed

No need to cultivate stubbles after harvest as rule removed

The stubble cultivation rules after harvest no longer need to be implemented under the nitrates directive.

NEWS 12 July 2026

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