Crops
Spring -Crop Management and Sowing
0 Spring -Crop Management and Sowing John Galvin, Teagasc Drystock and Tillage Advisor, Galway has advice here on winter barley management and spring barley sowing. He gives an update on the new Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) scheme as part of Basic Payment Scheme application for 2021 and introduces the Area Monitoring System (AMS) […]
2 March 2021
Weather and Soil crucial to making great Whisky
Weather and Soil crucial to making great Whisky A new academic study has provided conclusive proof of terroir’s influence on whisky, settling decades of an industry-dividing debate for both whisky drinkers and producers alike. Terroir is the French principle that factors like soil, microclimate, and topography together can influence flavour ‘Terroir’ The […]
19 February 2021
Planning and priming our soils for the year ahead
Planning and priming our soils for the year ahead Over the last month weather conditions have reduced any opportunity in the fields to get some winter ploughing done. Soils are saturated. Wait until soils are dry enough before carrying out field operations such as ploughing, advises Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition […]
29 January 2021
Winter Malting Barley – a growing interest
Winter Malting Barley – a growing interest There is a growing interest in winter malting barley in Ireland. Eoin Lyons, Teagasc /Boormalt Joint Programme Advisor, discusses the expansion of the crop. He takes us through the trial work and developments to date, the varieties grown and the future prospects of this “new […]
14 January 2021