Tillage
Oilseed rape: Alternative methods to ploughing could save you money
Leave the plough in the shed and reduce your seed rate if you want to make more money from oilseed...
Oilseed rape
Tillage
So far so good for winter wheat - yields of over 4.5t/ac recorded
Spring barley has just started to be harvested, according to a number of grain merchants around the country. However, combines...
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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
€380/t oilseed rape contract available for harvest 2018
As harvest ’17 continues to progress, a number of growers have said that oilseed rape will be their top-performing crop...
Tillage
A good combine driver can help next year's harvest
Winter barley yields have been a mixed bag and yields have ranged from 3t/ac up to 4.25t/ac so far this...
Tillage
Oilseed rape - one of the better stories so far this harvest
With winter barley yields back 10-15% nationally, it has been a difficult start to the harvest. Grain merchants across the...
Tillage
Winter barley - a tale of rotation in the south-east
Harvesting is well underway in the south-east and the focus has turned to combining winter oats in recent days. Speaking...
Tillage
Why breed bee-friendly oilseed rape varieties?
Research has been carried out in the UK to identify varieties of oilseed rape (OSR) that are more attractive to...
Tillage
Teagasc predicts increase in oilseed rape area for 2016/2017
Ireland’s oilseed rape acreage may well rise to 10,000ha for the 2016/17 season, according to Teagasc tillage specialist Shay Phelan....
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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
It's been a bumper harvest but growers will struggle financially - Teagasc expert
Ireland’s tillage farmers have experienced bumper yields in 2015, but despite this harvest some will still struggle financially as a result...