16 November 2023

Part 1: Dealing with drainage issues on tillage land

The wet autumn has shown up areas in all farms which are wet and may need some drainage attention in the coming months or years.

In this, the first of a two-part series of the Tillage Edge podcast, host Michael Hennessy talks to Pat Touhy, a researcher in Teagasc dealing with soil hydrology and drainage, about how to deal with field drainage issues on tillage farms.

Pat advocates regular maintenance of drains to be the starting point of any work. He says more frequent interventions will prevent larger problems and will help to protect rivers from excessive sediment loss during clean-up operations.

Listen in below:

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