Crops
Guide to cover crop termination: Leveraging frost and grazing
With more cover crops in the ground than ever before, many farmers now face the challenge of reducing heavy biomass ahead of spring drilling, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, Michael Hennessy discusses some of the options available for cover crop termination.
20 November 2025
Tillage Edge: The award-winning sustainable tillage farm
This week’s Tillage Edge podcast carries a feature from a recent instalment of the Signpost Series with Don Somers, a Wexford tillage farmer and the overall winner of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.
20 November 2025
Assessing BYDV risk
Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Ciaran Collins looks at the BYDV risks, sharing key tips on crop assessment and the control options available.
14 November 2025
Autumn – a time to take stock of tillage farm sustainability actions
Following a recent visit to Vincent Macken’s tillage farm in Co. Meath, Signpost Tillage Programme Advisor, John Mahon reflects on some of the practical measures taken after the combine stops rolling that greatly reduce the farm’s carbon footprint while enhancing local biodiversity and water quality.
13 November 2025
Harvest results: How Irish tillage performed in 2025
Teagasc Tillage Specialists, Shay Phelan and Ciarán Collins discuss the key findings from the Teagasc Harvest Report 2025 on this week’s Tillage Edge.
13 November 2025
Identifying Irish whiskey’s distinctive and authentic identity
Irish whiskey is an increasingly popular product worldwide, but with popularity comes a greater risk of fraudulent products. At Teagasc Moorepark, Principal Research Officer, Kieran Kilcawley is seeking to understand Irish whiskey’s unique properties – to benefit producers and customers alike.
10 November 2025
Autumn weed control – choose your herbicides carefully
Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan takes a closer look at autumn weed control strategies, reminding farmers to choose products carefully to avoid the development of resistance.
6 November 2025
Autumn update from the Teagasc Oak Park farm
On the latest episode of the Tillage Edge Podcast, Michael Hennessy is joined by Oak Park Farm Manager, Brendan Bourke, for an autumn update from the farm.
6 November 2025
Why this award-winning tillage farmer is making space for nature
Due to the nature of their farming systems and larger field sizes, tillage farmers – in the main – tend to have a lower space for nature on their farms. Breaking the mould in this regard is Tom Tierney, a tillage farmer from Co. Kildare and winner of the Biodiversity Category of the Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Awards 2025.
5 November 2025
Tillage Edge: Post-emerge weed control and aphid control in winter cereals
Conor Kavanagh, a Teagasc tillage advisor in Tipperary, joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss weed control strategies in winter cereals.
30 October 2025