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In farming communities across Ireland, the pressure on mental health can be deeply felt not just by...
Tillage
The challenge of herbicide-resistant grass weeds continues to grow on Irish tillage farms at an...
Given the threat of herbicide resistance, agronomists are strongly advising that grass weeds should...
Teagasc has published an overview of the herbicide resistance status of grass weed populations...
Getting on with fieldwork as quickly as possible is the key priority now confronting those tillage...
Farmers must commit to using different herbicide strategies each year, if they want to prevent weed...
Ireland’s organic farming community is set to take centre stage this autumn with the launch of a...
Resistance demonstrated by both grass and broadleaf weeds to applied herbicides is on the rise,...
Tillage Technical
According to Life Scientific UK and Ireland country manager, Ruth Stanley, existing chemistries can...
Tales of the chaos caused herbicide-resistant black-grass have been commonplace within the UK’s...
Most farmers have grass weed problems - big or small - on their farms and need to be proactive in...
Wild oats and other grass weeds like canary and rye grass need to be kept under control in cereal...
Farmers across the country are now tackling weeds in spring barley. Wild oats may be controlled at...
As farmers struggle with ever-decreasing chemical options, increasing environmental pressures, and...
The main news at Syngenta’s technical briefing this week was the introduction of Axial Pro to the...
Rural Life
Returning from England with her husband and children, Karen Cottier bought a farmhouse with...
Anyone who grew up on or had a close connection to a tillage farm, may have spent many an evening...
Regular crops inspections ensure that Irish crops destined for the seed market are clean of both...
The first of the weed grasses present in Irish cereals could have occurred as a result of imported...