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Tillage
Tillage management: frost, crows and crop records
Siobhán Walsh
This is a good time of the year to get crop records in order and to calculate crop costs and returns.
13 November 2024 Crops
Harvest not yet complete for some
A panel of farmers discussed cover crop rules, BYDV tolerance, and how 2024 went on their farms at Tillage Day last week.
6 November 2024 Viewpoints
Home Farm: changed routine in a changed early winter
The crops are a glorious verdant green, though the latest sown crop, the gluten free oats is slower to emerge than I expected given the mild conditions.
Tillage Management: weeds, aphids and sowing
The three-crop rule has to be complied with this season, so farmers need to have their cropping plan done.
6 November 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Day: agronomists to find solutions in the fields
A panel of agronomists will try to find solutions to problems encountered in the fields this year at Tillage Day.
5 November 2024 News
Farmers to discuss the season at Tillage Day
Farmers will discuss the challenges they faced in 2024, while also focusing on the positives at this year’s Tillage Day.
3 November 2024 News
Tillage Management: sowing and spraying winter crops
There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.
30 October 2024 Husbandry
BYDV-tolerant barley - to spray or not to spray
This article provides some details on research carried out by Teagasc on winter barley and BYDV control.
13 October 2024 News
Tillage management: sowing, herbicides and maize
Tillage farmers took advantage of the good weather last week to get crops planted. Rain fell heavier in some areas than others.
9 October 2024 Husbandry
Farmer Writes: farming by dates is seldom a good thing
With the lovely weather, it was too good not to be sowing, so I cracked on 18 September and loaded up the drill.
25 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Tillage Management: the balance at winter planting
Farmers are still harvesting crops and no doubt thinking about planting winter cereal crops in some dry conditions.
18 September 2024 Husbandry
44% of recommended winter barley varieties BYDV-tolerant
There are three new varieties on the recommended list and two of those claim to be tolerant to BYDV.
11 September 2024 News