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Tillage Podcast: getting ready for drier weather
Siobhán Walsh
This week’s show features updates from agronomists, advice on cultivations, beans, the Crop Protection magazine and the grain market and weather reports.
10 April 2024 News
Seed shortages compound potato growers' woes
Many growers have only received 50% of the seed potatoes they need for this year's maincrop.
10 April 2024 News
Grazing, slurry, planting and fodder all a struggle for farmers
It has been a tough autumn, winter and spring for all sectors in the industry. The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to farmers about the toll the last number of months have had on their farms.
Watch: this week in photos - farming through the poor weather
Our top photos this week saw some farmers defy the bad weather to plant broccoli, roll land, sow oats and plant potatoes. Our photographers also visited marts, tractor runs, dairy and sheep farms.
7 April 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: wet weather, reports, schemes and blight
On this week’s tillage podcast we have a chat with a farmer in Meath, an adviser on potatoes and talk about brewery objections.
28 March 2024 News
New potato blight strain a real concern
A new potato blight strain which is taking hold in Europe is a huge concern for Irish growers.
26 March 2024 News
Teagasc warns of potato shortage
Potato farmers and Teagasc are warning of a potato shortage this year due to seed scarcity and wet ground.
20 March 2024 News
Potato growers ‘at a crossroads’ - IFA
The IFA is to hold a meeting to address the challenges being faced by potato growers.
5 March 2024 News
Price of Christmas dinner jumps 3.2% to €34.17
Some ingredients are costing as much as 25% more this Christmas compared to last year.
20 December 2023 News
Warnings of a Christmas spud shortage rubbished
Teagasc and the IFA estimate that around 10-15% of the country’s spuds could be left in the ground until the spring due to this week’s cold snap.
6 December 2023 News
Warning of potato supply shortage in 2024
Tom Murray, an agronomist with O’Shea Farms, talks about the struggle growers are facing trying to harvest potato crops recently.
8 November 2023 News
Potato harvest turning into a ‘salvage operation’
A few hard frosts at this point will wipe out entire potato crops, the IFA has warned.
2 November 2023 News