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Irish farming is changing fast - with technology and artificial intelligence (AI) driving the...
Tillage
Rain is badly needed in many parts of the country to get winter oilseed rape crops through...
If weed control has been delayed, it is essential to use higher herbicide rates, as the reality is...
Machinery
There is a growing idea that weed removal is returning to the ancient method of removing them on an...
Securing effective weed control now in autumn-sown cereals is critically important, but it's a case...
Securing effective autumn weed control in newly established cereal crops is crucially important if...
Healthy soil is the foundation of profitable and sustainable farming. Post-harvest is a crucial...
Herbicide resistant meadow grasses could pose a threat to future weed control, according to Teagasc...
Tillage Technical
Pre-emergence herbicides have been shown to be more effective in controlling many problem grass...
The coming days will be critical in terms of getting winter barley crops into the ground across the...
Environment
Following the outcome of EU member states voting on the European Commission’s proposal to renew...
In a vote today (Friday, October 13), a proposal to renew the use of glyphosate for 10 years did...
Farmers must commit to using different herbicide strategies each year, if they want to prevent weed...
“It’s easily saved me half a labour unit in spring”, says Larry Summers, who milks 140 cows...
Opinion
Recent days have brought home to me the focal role of the plough within Irish tillage. It's a...
All crops are now responding well to the improved weather conditions that have impacted across the...
Teagasc tillage advisors have confirmed the presence of blackgrass infestations in a number of...
Early March-sown spring barley crops will not require an aphicide. However, those drilled later in...
A new report from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) on glyphosate usage highlights the wide range...
Agri-Business
Researchers from the University of Galway have found that one quarter of families that took part in...
Tillage News
Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and...
Securing effective weed control in crops – including winter barley, wheat and oilseed rape - is...
According to Teagasc, the area of cereals sown-out over the past three weeks that has received a...
New data from Corteva Agriscience has shown that farmers can achieve excellent levels of control of...
Teagasc tillage advisors are surmising that Ireland’s winter barley acreage might be well back in...
Development of alternatives to traditional pesticides such as biocontrols is "essential, to...
