Crops
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm Almost all field work has stopped at the moment and there is a total stop to planting new crops. Michael Hennessy Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer tells us it will take a few days even on the drier land before these soils can take […]
17 November 2022
Controlling slugs in cereals
Controlling slugs in cereals The wet autumn has slowed crop emergence and given soil pests such as slugs an upper hand to inflict damage on emerging crops and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc, discusses how to monitor numbers and deploy control measures where necessary. […]
17 November 2022
Tillage Newsletter – November 2022
Tillage Newsletter – November 2022 Get the latest news and advice from the Teagasc Crops team. Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: BYDVBarley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) risk depends on time of sowing, location, weather pattern and type of virus present. Aphid flight is inhibited by rain and wind; therefore, risk […]
17 November 2022
The financial and environmental benefits of using protected urea
0 The financial and environmental benefits of using protected urea Don Somers, Signpost Tillage Farmer, gives an update from his farm. Drilling was completed early last week, finishing with winter oats. I drilled more winter oats than initially intended at the expense of winter rye to create more opportunities for winter wheat next […]
4 November 2022
Research Impact Highlights 2021 – Crops
0 Research Impact Highlights 2021 – Crops Teagasc Research Impact Highlights in 2021, a supplement of TResearch magazine, was recently released. Here we look at some of the research highlights in the area of crops. Download Publication (PDF) Boom to bust Steven Kildea In late summer of 2020, lesions of septoria tritici blotch (STB) […]
3 November 2022
Mild and moist weather conditions promote green cover growth
Mild and moist weather conditions promote green cover growth Over the last number of weeks rainfall amounts have certainly made up for relatively dry year up until September very much an indicator of climate change with more drier and wetter spells, writes Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist. In addition, […]
27 October 2022
Growing cover crops to reduce N losses and improve soil quality
Growing cover crops to reduce N losses and improve soil quality Conor O’Callaghan, Teagasc Tillage advisor to Kepak Tillage Signpost Farm in Co. Meath discusses progress to date on establishing 270 acres of cover crops on the farm. Cover crops are very effective at taking up any remaining nitrogen (N) and phosphorus […]
23 October 2022
Steps to improving the sustainability of Irish tillage farms
Steps to improving the sustainability of Irish tillage farms The recently published Teagasc Farm Sustainability Report shows that tillage farms have the lowest carbon footprint at 2.5 t/ha, compared to other farming enterprises. Under the tillage Signpost programme a number of farm practices are been implemented to further improve the sustainability of […]
20 October 2022
Tillage Newsletter – October 2022
Tillage Newsletter – October 2022 Get the latest information and advice from the Teagasc Crops team in this month’s newsletter. Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Autumn plantingWith autumn drilling already having started, the jury is still out about how much winter barley will be planted in the coming season. On the […]
20 October 2022
Weed control in winter barley and assessing aphid populations to control BYDV
Weed control in winter barley and assessing aphid populations to control BYDV Planting so far this year is slower than many would like as the weather has not been as kind as last year. Michael Hennessy, Head of Teagasc Crops Knowledge Transfer, writes about weed control in winter barley and assessing aphid […]
13 October 2022