Beef
A fresh warning has been issued that bluetongue disease could arrive in Ireland before the summer...
Tillage
Last season, barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) posed a real challenge to both winter and spring sown...
Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is a key challenge for cereal growers, one that has both weather...
Teagasc entomologist, Dr. Louise McNamara, has confirmed that all of the insecticides now available...
Early March-sown spring barley crops will not require an aphicide. However, those drilled later in...
Tillage Technical
Despite the return of the rain and cooler conditions, a large area of winter cereals has been...
Teagasc entomologist Dr. Louise McNamara is encouraging growers to check their crops for the...
Teagasc entomologist Dr. Louise McNamara has confirmed that grain aphids can cause Barley Yellow...
The threat posed by aphids within a cereal rotation is an important element for consideration by...
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is advising growers...
Agri-Business
The need to explore natural plant-defence mechanisms and traits, which could be bred back into...
Grain and bird cherry oat aphids are major vectors of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), a disease...
Early-sown crops of winter barley are at high risk when it comes to barley yellow dwarf virus...
Syngenta recently launched its BYDV Assist App for mobile devices. The device will help farmers and...
Looking at the results of the winter barley National List Trials, KWS Joyau stands out with a...
The application of an aphicide to spring crops is an easy decision for some, but more and more...
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) can cause a loss of up to 3.7t/ha in winter barley. The virus also...
Aphids are a topic on many people's minds at the minute. In the past number of years Barley Yellow...
Aphid numbers rose slightly into the new year, but are at a much lower level than the same time...
Aphid counts for the third week of November dropped to 7.6/m², from 14.7/m² the week...
Aphid numbers have dropped back from their high at the end of October. Numbers at Teagasc Oakpark...
Aphid numbers are low this October. Recent frosty mornings have no doubt contributed to...
Neonicotinoids will be available for use this autumn, AgriLand has learned. Therefore,...
