Tillage News
Flahavan's announces 'Oat Grower of the Year' awards
Flahavan’s has announced its ‘Oat Grower of the Year Award’ for the first time during harvest 2022. The awards, which will be split into two...
Oats
Tillage
Strong future for oats within Irish tillage sector - scientist
According to the man heading up specific Teagasc research and development programmes, the future for oats in Ireland is extremely...
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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...
Tillage
Teagasc Oak Park to host ‘Healthy Oats’ trials visit
Teagasc Oak Park is to host a ‘Healthy Oats’ trials visit for growers and industry stakeholders on Wednesday of this...
Tillage
IGG head calls for oilseed rape crushing plant in Ireland
Irish Grain Growers (IGG) chair, Bobby Miller, is calling for the development of an oilseed rape crushing plant in Ireland....
Tillage
Disease threat in winter wheat crops at ‘low pressure’ levels
Tillage specialist Shay Phelan is confirming that the disease threat in winter wheat crops is currently, at ‘low pressure’ levels....
Tillage
Availability of new fungicides to control disease in winter wheat
According to tillage specialists, the introduction of new fungicides to control disease in winter wheat is welcome news. However fungicide...
Tillage News
CSO: Wheat, barley and oat production increased in 2021
Production of cereals increased by 22% during 2021, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The Area,...
Tillage Technical
Will merchants and banks be willing to finance Tillage Incentive Scheme?
With maize crops costing up to €1,000/ac to grow, will merchants and the banks be willing to finance the Tillage...
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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...
Tillage
Tillage Incentive Scheme – all you need to know
The Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS) will encourage farmers to sow additional tillage crops in 2022 on land that was in...
Tillage Technical
Crop performance: Winter oilseed rape now starting to green
The latest Tillage Edge podcast features a review of crop performance over the last few months and the current priorities...
Tillage
Winter crops showing signs of spring growth in most tillage areas
The latest tillage update from Teagasc summarises the growth rates achieved by all crops over the recent winter months. The...
Tillage
Conference hears that lime on conacre ground is worthwhile
Teagasc soil specialist, David Law, has dispelled the old myth that spreading lime on conacre ground cannot be justified on...
Tillage
A UK tillage farmer reflects on the year that was 2021
The latest Tillage Edge podcast from Teagasc features a reflection on the year that was 2021 from UK-based farm manager,...
N.Ireland
DAERA publishes crop production estimates for 2021
Crop production estimates for the main cereal options and potatoes grown in Northern Ireland have been published for 2021, by...
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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....
Tillage
Crops review: Winter cereals established well despite weather conditions
Teagasc’s latest ‘Tillage Edge’ podcast sees crop specialists Michael Hennessy, Shay Phelan and Ciaran Collins deliver a crops review of...
Tillage
Crops review: Spring of 2021 was a ‘tale of two seasons’
While winter sown crops may have come out of the winter in reasonable shape, the spring of 2021 gave growers...
Tillage News
Growers should check for disease levels in rape and cereal crops
Given the unseasonably high temperatures, Teagasc is advising growers to check for disease levels in rape and cereal crops now....
Tillage News
Harvest 2021: Cereal production increased by 21%
Cereal production from ‘Harvest 2021’ is estimated to be slightly over 2.3 million tonnes, up from just over 1.9 million...