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Tillage Management: harvest, catch crops and beet

On this week’s management notes we look at beet and beans, as well as catch crop planting deadlines.

HUSBANDRY 22 July 2026

Tillage Management: harvest, catch crops and beet

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Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

Tillage Management: harvest, machine cleaning and caterpillars

HUSBANDRY 15 July 2026

Tillage Management: safety at harvest in the heat

Tillage Management: safety at harvest in the heat

HUSBANDRY 8 July 2026

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

Tillage management: weather, winter barley and harvest preparations

HUSBANDRY 1 July 2026

Tillage Management: hot weather, weeds and walking crops

Tillage Management: hot weather, weeds and walking crops

Tillage Management: hot weather, weeds and walking crops

HUSBANDRY 24 June 2026

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Tillage management: yellow leaves from virus and grass weeds

Tillage management: yellow leaves from virus and grass weeds

Yellow leaves may not hit your yield very badly, but it looks bad in the fields at the minute and seems to be in most spring barley.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage Management: final fungicides on spring barley

Tillage Management: final fungicides on spring barley

Many spring barley crops are now at the final fungicide stage and in current weather conditions will need an application soon.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

Tillage Management: wheat, beet and barley

The sunshine last week has sent crops flying through the growth stages. When the rains Stops the sprayers will be out.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Sunshine pushes crops through the stages

Sunshine pushes crops through the stages

Rain forecast this week will be welcomed by crops which have been growing very fast in recent heat.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Crops are looking well across the country and there is a nice bit of management to be done in cooler weather in the coming days.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage Management: rain welcomed, but weeds and disease need to be tackled

Tillage Management: rain welcomed, but weeds and disease need to be tackled

Rain showers have been welcomed on some farms, but they will now result in weeds emerging and the possibility of disease in crops.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

Tillage management: Weeds, disease and minding the bees

Tillage farmers have plenty of work to do in the fields this weather. Sprayers are busy at this time of the year.

HUSBANDRY 13 May 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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