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Can your crops get enough ‘K’redit from their soil bank?
Growing plants require far larger quantities of potash than is usually recommended as a fertiliser dressing. This may sound surprising...
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Good grain harvest up 4.5%, Copa-Cogeca
Copa-Cogeca, the European umbrella body for farmers and co-ops, released final cereals estimates for the 2013/14 marketing year this month,...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
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Lilywhites' scoop Glanbia grain award
Glanbia Agribusiness honoured its top-quality grain growers at an awards ceremony in Portlaoise today. Kildare tillage farmers Olwyn and Liam...
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Cereal prices to remain static in 2014 - Teagasc
According to Teagasc, cereal prices in 2014 will be at a similar level to those received by farmers this year. In...
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High grain quality key highlight in harvest 2013
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released data on the Irish grain harvest of 2013. Of note was the reduction in...
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In the limelight: Ground conditions ideal for liming
Farmers around the country are taking advantage of the unseasonably dry weather and getting lime spread. Ground conditions across regions...
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Soil testing shows value
The View from Teagasc: The demise of the sugar beet crop led many farmers to move from crop rotation to cereal monoculture. Soil...
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Winter oilseed rape management
The View from Teagasc: Crops are very well established this year as many crops are knee high with full ground cover. Where...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
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Online facility for registration of pesticide advisors and inspectors launched
A new online registration facility for pesticide advisors and inspectors of pesticide application equipment has been launched by Department of...
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'Barley crops affected by disease found on common wild grass'
A major fungal pathogen that affects barley crops is also present on a common wild grass, according to a new...
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Winter wheat varieties 2014
The View from Teagasc: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine published its recommended wheat list recently. The main changes are:...
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Maize harvest under way
Monday of this week marked the beginning of the 2013 forage maize harvest with farmers and contractors in Counties Kilkenny,...
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IFA grain chairman welcomes key biofuels vote delay
A key vote on a new biofuel policy has been postponed by the European Parliament. MEPs were to decide how...
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Dairygold calls for minimal costs and paperwork in new pesticide regulation rollout
Dairygold is calling for minimal costs and paperwork in Ireland’s rollout of new compulsory pesticide regulations. Farmers, distributors, inspectors and...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
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Compulsory pesticide training for farmers, distributors, inspectors, advisors
Farmers, distributors, inspectors and advisors across Ireland are set for compulsory pesticide training and pesticide registration by the Department of Agriculture over...
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Tillage think-in: Variety trials, maximising profit, grain market outlook
More than 350 people across Ireland attended the Teagasc-organised National Tillage Crops Forum 2013 in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge,...
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Crop profit think-in today amid fallen grain prices
How farmers can profit from crop and farm analysis will be a main theme at The Teagasc National Tillage Forum...
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Goldcrop advice for sowing oilseed rape
It’s not too late to sow Winter Oilseed Rape (WOSR), according to seed suppliers Goldcrop who are concerned that the...