Tillage podcast: beans, manure, reducing N rates and canopy management

The Irish Farmers Journal tillage team discusses spring bean planting, valuing organic fertiliser, adjusting nitrogen rates, canopy management, grain markets and the National Ploughing Championships.

Stephen Robb

20 January 2022

Tillage podcast: beans, manure, reducing N rates and canopy management

Spring planting will likely kick off next week.

This week, the Irish Farmers Journal tillage team runs through the key tillage stories of the week.

The team discusses spring bean planting, valuing organic fertiliser, adjusting nitrogen rates this season, canopy management, grain markets and the National Ploughing Championships.

Listen to the full podcast below:

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