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Tillage
Calculating sowing rate this spring
Siobhán Walsh
Having the right sowing rate is essential. Have sowing rates calculated and seed ordered so that you are ready when the weather turns.
18 April 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: tillage area 'being eroded' - Minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue joins us on this week’s Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Podcast.
15 April 2024 News
News Podcast: milk supply, renewables and weather
We have coverage from the first night of our Renewables Roadshow in Cork to feed rebates, potato seed shortages and details of the new sheep welfare scheme.
Tillage Podcast: getting ready for drier weather
This week’s show features updates from agronomists, advice on cultivations, beans, the Crop Protection magazine and the grain market and weather reports.
11 April 2024 News
Alpego’s Jet-X is just the drill for Meath tillage farmer
Gary Abbott visited Meath tillage farmer, Frank Eivers, to find out how his Alpego 3m Jet-X one-pass drill combination is performing as it enters its third season.
10 April 2024 Farm machinery
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
Incessant rain continues to hit morale in tillage sector
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to Michael Hennessy, head of crops in Teagasc about the effect of the current weather situation on tillage farmers
3 April 2024 News
Watch: this week in photos - ploughing, sowing, quintuplets, and cutting grass
Our top photos from the past week include farmers ploughing land, sowing spring barley and cutting fresh grass. Our photographers also captured quintuplet lambs and action from Corrin and Cashel marts
31 March 2024 News
Tillage farmers at crisis point with wet weather
Tillage farmers have been unable to get out to fields as persistent rain leaves fields in poor conditions.
27 March 2024 News
Rain prevents tillage work as area drops - is a fallow payment needed?
The tillage area is at risk of falling dramatically this year for many reasons. In the UK, a fallow payment is helping to maintain the arable area.
26 March 2024 News
Tillage Management: spreading and spraying to be done. Weather delays sowing
Tillage farmers are still waiting on land to dry out to plant and are struggling to get through jobs like spraying and spreading fertiliser.
20 March 2024 Husbandry
Disc coulters providing accurate placement for Carlow contractor
Peter Thomas Keaveney visited Carlow farming and contracting father and son duo Dan and John O’Neil to find out how their Amazone 3m one-pass has performed after its first two seasons.
13 March 2024 Farm machinery