Crops
Grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production
Grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production Vijaya Bhaskar AV and Dermot Forristal, Teagasc, summarise their recent research which focused on grass weeds and herbicide resistance in crop production. The survey found that grass weeds have increased on Irish tillage farms due to increases in winter cereals and non-inversion tillage adoption, […]
20 December 2022
Outlook 2023 from a tillage farm point of view
Outlook 2023 from a tillage farm point of view The recent Teagasc Outlook Webinar 2023 makes for some interesting reading from a tillage farm point of view. Shay Phelan, Teagasc Crops specialist, tells us; Dr. Fiona Thorne presented the figures relating to tillage crops and there are a few standout comments that […]
15 December 2022
Time for Soil Sampling
0 Time for Soil Sampling Under the new nitrates directive all tillage farmers are required to take soil tests. For 2023 if an up to date soil test for P is not available then P is assumed to be index 4 (no P allowance). Now is the ideal time to identify fields on […]
9 December 2022
Weed control
0 Weed control The forecast for many areas over the coming week is for a period of dry weather, which may facilitate some of the delayed jobs that have had to be postponed due to the very wet period that we have had. Weed control on various crops e.g. winter barley, wheat and […]
1 December 2022
Beans mean benefits
Beans mean benefits With beans there is no need for nitrogen, an in- crease in the protein payment and alternative options to control troublesome grass weeds – not to mention the boost to the following crop, writes Ciarán Collins, Teagasc tillage specialist. Ollie Whyte is part of a tillage farming family based […]
27 November 2022
Facts and figures from harvest 2022
Facts and figures from harvest 2022 The Harvest Report 2022 published by Teagasc this week estimates that the production of cereals was 2.42 million tonnes in 2022. This represents an increase of 93,200 tonnes (4%) from harvest 2021. There was record yields in spring barley, oilseed rape and spring oats. Ciaran Collins, Teagasc […]
25 November 2022
Challenging season sees potato acreage drop 5%
Challenging season sees potato acreage drop 5% Irish potato growers have had a very challenging season. Market distortion following the Covid pandemic, coupled with soaring input costs, created the ‘perfect storm’. The area of potatoes planted this year reduced by 5% compared to 2021 plantings, bringing the planted acreage in line with […]
25 November 2022
2022 Harvest estimated at 2.42 million tonnes – Record yields for many crops in Ireland in 2022
2022 Harvest estimated at 2.42 million tonnes – Record yields for many crops in Ireland in 2022 The Harvest Report published by Teagasc estimates that the production of cereals was 2.42 million tonnes in 2022. This represents an increase of 93,200 tonnes (4%) from harvest 2021. There was record yields in spring […]
22 November 2022
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm
Planning planting, slug control and recording activities on farm Almost all field work has stopped at the moment and there is a total stop to planting new crops. Michael Hennessy Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer tells us it will take a few days even on the drier land before these soils can take […]
17 November 2022
Controlling slugs in cereals
Controlling slugs in cereals The wet autumn has slowed crop emergence and given soil pests such as slugs an upper hand to inflict damage on emerging crops and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc, discusses how to monitor numbers and deploy control measures where necessary. […]
17 November 2022