Rural Life
The weather is likely to be dry and bright at the start of the week but will turn more unsettled...
Environment
The National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group (NPDWAG) and Uisce Éireann are encouraging...
Met Éireann has said that a potato blight advisory is currently in place as weather conditions are...
Dairy
In the last few weeks, growth rates have improved drastically, and with that has been the emergence...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has highlighted in Brussels the negative impact on Irish...
Some weeks ago, the UK launched its Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP) 2025; its objective is to...
Teagasc is working closely with the farmer on whose land the first Irish case of glyphosate...
Tillage farmers have been taking full advantage of the excellent weather conditions with 90% or...
New figures released by the Central Statistics Officer (CSO) have revealed that the total amount of...
Winter oilseed rape crops in many areas seem to have been heavily grazed by pigeons this year, more...
Machinery
There is a new approach to the application of fertiliser emerging and it is one that goes much...
Teagasc is advising that glyphosate cannot be used to desiccate cereal crops prior to harvest; the...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has granted two temporary herbicide...
Getting on with fieldwork as quickly as possible is the key priority now confronting those tillage...
Teagasc crops specialist, Shay Phelan, has assessed the field work required for winter barley and...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer...
Met Éireann has issued new Status Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice, which will come into...
Rainfall will remain "above average" across the country over the next seven days, with the...
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...
The closed period for the application of chemical fertiliser (nitrogen N and phosphorous P) will...
Tillage Technical
All crops are now responding well to the improved weather conditions that have impacted across the...
The first split of nitrogen (N) should be applied to winter barley crops, as a matter of priority,...
