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Tillage Podcast: sunshine on crops in Co Cork
Siobhán Walsh
We chat to a farmer in Cork, have fieldwork updates and the grain trend and weather reports on this week’s show.
Tillage Podcast: sunshine on crops in Co Cork
Localised downpours end dry spell for some tillage farmers
21 May 2025 News
Localised downpours end dry spell for some tillage farmers
Most crops are enjoying the warm weather, but are in urgent need of rain.
Blackgrass making noxious weed list a 'positive step'
21 May 2025 News
Blackgrass making noxious weed list a 'positive step'
Blackgrass cases are on the rise on Irish farms. Here’s what it means now that it is added to the Noxious Weeds Act.
Cutting costs and minding soils with maize
Direct drill maize without plastic is not something you here about too often, but Tony Bell has his costs in order.
21 May 2025 News
300 apply for catch crops scheme so far
The Farming for Water EIP gives farmers flexibility on the area of catch crops they plant and the fields they plant each year.
20 May 2025 News
Keeping septoria under control in winter wheat
Many farmers are now applying the T2 fungicide to winter wheat crops as the flag leaf has emerged.
18 May 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: 'make the best decision with the info you have'
This week’s show focuses on noxious weeds, tillage farmer numbers and we hear how crops are looking in Co Wexford.
15 May 2025 News
Is there a big difference between branded and generic products?
Farmers have loads of choice when it comes to certain types of plant protection products, but is there a difference in these products, asks Siobhán Walsh.
14 May 2025 News
Top takeaways on tillage from Brussels
Siobhán Walsh travelled to Brussels to hear what can be done to help tillage in the next CAP.
14 May 2025 News
Almost 1,400 farmers leave tillage sector
Seventy-two per cent of farms with tillage have less than 30ha of crops and these farms are seeing the biggest decline in numbers.
14 May 2025 News
Dry conditions starting to bite crops
It's now almost a month since the last meaningful rainfall in many tillage areas.
14 May 2025 News
Breaking: blackgrass declared a noxious weed
Blackgrass has been signed into the noxious weeds legislation by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon.
14 May 2025 News