Crops
Upskilling will pay benefits
The benefits of continuous education and upskilling form the topic of conversation of this week’s Tillage Edge podcast.
1 January 2026
Observations from the Signpost Tillage Programme Phase 1
As Phase 1 of the Signpost Programme comes near an end, John Mahon, Signpost Tillage Advisor, reviews what’s been happening on the 10 Signpost tillage demonstration farms and what the key learnings have been.
1 January 2026
First financial baseline for Irish organic farms
A new analysis of 85 organic farms across Ireland has provided the first national financial baseline for Ireland’s expanded organic farming sector.
24 December 2025
Lessons from the 2025 tillage season
For this week’s Tillage Edge, the trends and challenges that have shaped tillage farming over the past year are discussed.
18 December 2025
Don’t put it on the long finger
Drawing on personal experience and research, Michael Hennessy, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, highlights the hidden, long-term impact of noise and eye injuries on farm.
18 December 2025
Know the costs of growing your crops
The only way to truly know the costs of growing crops is to calculate your own figures, writes Crops Specialist, Shay Phelan who looks at the role of the Teagasc Profit monitor when making crucial decisions going forward into 2026 and beyond.
11 December 2025
Overhanging stocks dampening tillage outlook
Irish tillage farmers face the real prospect of tighter margins in 2026, as overhanging stocks from the 2025 harvest cast doubt on any potential price increases next harvest.
10 December 2025
Tillage Edge: Maximising your take home income
In the second of a two-part series, Michael Hennessy continues the conversation with James McDonnell, Financial Specialist with Teagasc, to discuss how farmers can get the most from their accounts and find out if there are other mechanisms, such as partnerships, which can help them maximise their take-home income.
4 December 2025
A case for machinery sharing
With machinery continuing to be a major and growing cost on tillage farms, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan takes a closer look at machinery sharing and the options available.
4 December 2025
Further improvement in farm incomes in 2025, but more mixed outlook ahead in 2026
A new report, by economists at Teagasc, provides the latest estimates of average incomes for various farm types in 2025 and looks ahead to future prospects, forecasting farm incomes in 2026.
2 December 2025