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From the Tramlines: Crops in, weeds and disease to be kept at bay

Farmers have their crops in and have plenty of management to do in the fields, Siobhán Walsh writes.

FROM THE TRAMLINES 13 May 2026

From the Tramlines: Crops in, weeds and disease to be kept at bay

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Tillage management: sowing wrapping up, lots to be done in fields

Tillage management: sowing wrapping up, lots to be done in fields

HUSBANDRY 6 May 2026

Farmer Writes: suckler farmers the backbone of the beef industry

Farmer Writes: suckler farmers the backbone of the beef industry

FARMER WRITES 6 May 2026

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

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

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

NEWS 1 May 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

Tillage Management: sunshine, sowing and spraying

HUSBANDRY 22 April 2026

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Winter barley pushing on for growth regulator and fungicides

Winter barley pushing on for growth regulator and fungicides

Winter barley crops are moving through the growth stages fast - some are early varieties and some were sown very early.

HUSBANDRY 4 March 2026

Grain premiums possible with AgNav

Grain premiums possible with AgNav

Don Somers farms in Co Wexford and has been offered payment for carbon on the grain he produces.

NEWS 4 March 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 4 March 2026

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

Weekend weather: mixed with some sunny spells and scattered rain

The forecast for the coming weekend is set to be mixed, with some sunny spells, but also showers of rain and temperatures will be cold overnight, according to Met Éireann.

NEWS 4 March 2026

Farmer Writes: maybe I'll become a summer grazing farmer

Farmer Writes: maybe I'll become a summer grazing farmer

Such a change would permanently remove me from the sow-fertiliser-spray-combine cycle giving me loads of time to go on holiday and an odd weekend away.

FARMER WRITES 4 March 2026

Sowing beans and big beet yields

Sowing beans and big beet yields

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Dublin and Tyrone where fertiliser is being spread and the last of the beet was pulled.

CROPS 4 March 2026

Fertiliser going out on drier land

Fertiliser going out on drier land

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as some farmers cautiously make it back out into the fields to spread fertiliser.

CROPS 4 March 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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