Crops
Benefitting from beans in Co. Meath
0 Benefitting from beans in Co. Meath Signpost Tillage farmer, Vincent Macken informs us of the latest happenings from his farm in Co. Meath, providing an update on beans, spring crop establishments and spraying. This has been a great spring for getting work done on time. All crops are looking well with plenty […]
3 June 2025
Celebrating the Global Impact of the Potato
Celebrating the Global Impact of the Potato Today, Friday, 30 May is International Potato Day. In December 2023, the United Nations General Assembly officially proclaimed May 30 as International Potato Day, recognising the crop’s critical role in global food security. The initial momentum for this declaration was sparked during the World Potato […]
30 May 2025
Key actions for tillage growers this week
Key actions for tillage growers this week As we reach the end of May, the recent spell of rainfall has been a welcome relief for crops struggling through a dry start to the season. Michael Hennessy shares three key priorities tillage farmers should target in the coming week. Apply final fungicides to […]
30 May 2025
Listen: The Evolution of Sprayer Technology – Part 1
Listen: The Evolution of Sprayer Technology – Part 1 On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, the first of a two-part series, Dermot Forristal, researcher with Teagasc, discusses the latest developments in sprayer technology and how these innovations can support farmers in the day-to-day management of their crops. Sprayer technology has advanced […]
29 May 2025
Benefiting from the Farming for Water EIP on tillage farms
Benefiting from the Farming for Water EIP on tillage farms Funding of up to €9,160 per farm is available to plant catch crops in Priority Areas for Action under the Farming for Water European Innovation Partnership (EIP). The key environmental benefits of catch crops are reducing nitrate leaching, soil erosion and phosphorus […]
29 May 2025
Organic mixed farming with John Hamilton
Organic mixed farming with John Hamilton Donegal farmer, John Hamilton combines sucklers, sheep and tillage in a fully organic system. John Hamilton is a mixed enterprise organic farmer based in St Johnston, Co. Donegal, with an additional out-farm in Newtowncunningham. His journey into organic farming began in 2009, and by 2011, the […]
29 May 2025
National Centre for Brewing and Distilling officially opened
National Centre for Brewing and Distilling officially opened The National Centre for Brewing and Distilling, located at Teagasc Oak Park, has been officially opened by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon T.D. Having been allocated funding of €2.3m by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since […]
26 May 2025
Preparing for the ‘fight on blight’
Preparing for the ‘fight on blight’ With the vast majority of the country entering a ‘very high’ blight risk period, Teagasc has organised two important potato crop walks. At the events, potato growers will hear an update on EU43 – a more challenging strain of blight first identified in Ireland in the […]
26 May 2025
Listen: How Don Somers increases precision on his farm
Listen: How Don Somers increases precision on his farm Fresh from hosting a Signpost Programme event this week, Don Somers from Co. Wexford joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast. Challenges like weather, product availability and varying soil types often means that blanket applications are the norm rather than precise, […]
22 May 2025
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt Tommy Delahunt is a tillage farmer in the Growing Organics programme. He farms in east Wicklow and grows a mix of winter and spring cereals, along with oilseed rape, beans, maize and fodder beet as break crops. Tommy opted for a partial tillage conversion into organic […]
22 May 2025