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Assessing the BYDV risk and planning control
Early-sown crops of winter barley are at high risk when it comes to barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), along with...
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Plenty of dry weather needed for winter planting
Rainfall warnings put an end to or delayed the winter sowing campaign for another while in most places. However, in...
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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...
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Get your seed rate right when sowing
As farmers begin to plant winter barley across the country it is important to get the seed rate right. Some...
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Seed dressings play an important role in establishment
Seed treatments form an important part of agronomy and plant health programmes; fighting disease from the time a crop is...
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Decision time on winter barley seed
There are no new additions to the winter barley recommended list for the 2020/2021 season and one variety – Quadra...
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Harvest update: Spring and winter barley being cut in early August
The 2020 harvest is shaping up to be a strange one. The spring barley harvest has started and is set...
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Winter barley yields 'very poor' - Teagasc
This week, Teagasc released some yields from the winter barley harvest so far and as AgriLand has detailed over the...
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Grain price: Prices at home unchanged; yields poor
As more combines made it to the fields this week a bleak picture unfolded for winter barley yields. Crops cut...
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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...
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Winter barley yields down significantly as harvest progresses
The reality of Harvest 2020 became clearer this week as more crops began to be harvested from areas badly affected...
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UK winter barley harvest update from 'challenging season'
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in the UK has described 2020 as a challenging season for winter barley....
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Harvest update: Variable reports so far
More winter barley was cut over the weekend and a start was made on some oat crops. Harvest 2020 is...
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Watch: Cutting away in Tipperary as weather holds
James English was among a small number of tillage farmers cutting winter barley on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this...
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Early harvest reports as small amount of winter barley cut
Rain put a stop to the small bit of harvest action that took place over the weekend and into Monday....
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Watch: Harvest kicks off...action from Kilkenny
The harvest kicked off for some farmers over the past few days and in a rare occurrence most of the...
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Roscommon sheep farmer maximises lamb performance
The ideal combination of Lamlac and efficient feeding technology to boost lamb performance has made life a great deal easier...
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The weather outlook as farmers prepare to harvest winter barley
Many winter barley crops are coming near harvest. Crops had been coming in quickly before rain arrived in June. The...
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Will this BYDV tolerant winter barley bring 'joy' to farmers?
Looking at the results of the winter barley National List Trials, KWS Joyau stands out with a relative yield score...
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CROPS WATCH: Feeding winter barley to avoid disease
Nutrition and stress control have a role to play in the prevention of ramularia and as chlorothalonil goes off the...
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Tillage management: Fungicides on winter and spring barley
As we enter the middle of May fungicides on winter barley will be wrapping up, while the majority of spring...