Crops
How to control potato blight
0 How to control potato blight The current edition of The Tillage Edge features researcher Steven Kildea discussing potato blight with crops specialist Shay Phelan. Steven describes the conditions that favour the development of blight in a crop and also how to control the fungus. Steven also discusses how a new strain of […]
7 July 2022
Tillage update – The value of Chopped Straw
0 Tillage update – The value of Chopped Straw Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist discusses P and K values of chopped straw. In 2022 there will be ~ 52,000ha of straw chopped under the DAFM Straw Incorporation Scheme (SIM) combining both cereals and oilseeds. Incorporating chopped straw is a relatively new […]
7 July 2022
Tillage Update on Oilseed Rape Desiccation and Potato Blight
Tillage Update on Oilseed Rape Desiccation and Potato Blight Shay Phelan, Teagasc Crops and Potato specialist provides this week’s tillage update. He has advice on how to decide if an Oilseed rape crop is ready for desiccation and the steps to take. He also discusses potato blight, Met Eireann’s blight warning system […]
30 June 2022
Meet Don Somers, Signpost farmer
Meet Don Somers, Signpost farmer Don Somers, Signpost farmer, has a lot of field operations complete for the main crops on the farm. Winter oilseed rape crops are looking very good overall with all field work complete. There is some club root present, due to growing short term brassica type cover crops […]
23 June 2022
Tillage Update – Counting down to harvest
Tillage Update – Counting down to harvest With the start of the harvest less than three weeks away for some growers, Ciaran Collins; Teagasc crops specialist, gives his assessment of cereal crops prior to the start of the harvest. Weather between now and harvest is crucial to realise crop potential. Overall, it […]
23 June 2022
Tillage Update – Time spent walking your fields is well worth the effort
Tillage Update – Time spent walking your fields is well worth the effort Almost all the major agronomic actions are now completed for the season. Michael Hennessy, Head of Teagasc Crops, sees this an an opportune time for farmers to learn most about the management of crops and how the agronomic practices […]
16 June 2022
Tillage Newsletter – June 2022
Tillage Newsletter – June 2022 In the June Tillage newsletter get the latest advice on: Spring barley – Disease control; Winter wheat – Disease control; Spring oats; Beans; Spring wheat – PGR and disease control; New nitrates rules for harvest 2022 and Health & Safety – Keeping children safe on the farm […]
16 June 2022
Weed watch
Weed watch Teagasc researchers have brought easy-to-use technology into the field, by developing a successful data collection mobile app. This app is supporting a long-running project promoting the wider adoption of sustainable conservation tillage systems on Irish farms. Conservation tillage (CT) is a non-plough-based crop establishment technique that, combined with other measures, […]
12 June 2022
Tillage Update – 9th June 2022
0 Tillage Update – 9th June 2022 Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist reports on tillage crops and how they are developing in the southeast. Rain fall in the first week of June was welcome as soil moisture deficits were at 50mm here in the south east. Further rainfall forecast will help […]
9 June 2022
Spring Barley, Spring Beans and Farm Safety
0 Spring Barley, Spring Beans and Farm Safety Michael McCarthy, Teagasc Tillage Advisor, Clonakilty West Cork has timely advice on fungicide application on spring barley and spring beans and cautions about being farm safety aware at all times during the busy summer season. Photo above shows chocolate spot on spring beans Spring Barley Disease […]
7 June 2022