Crops
Proposal to suspend Straw Incorporation Measure for 2024
Proposal to suspend Straw Incorporation Measure for 2024 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D, today, July 19, announced that he intends to seek a deferral of the 2024 Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) from the European Commission. Referring to the scheme, the Minister emphasised the importance of balancing […]
17 July 2024
Rat’s tail fescue – an emerging threat
Rat’s tail fescue – an emerging threat Rat’s tail fescue can become dominant where ploughing is not practiced due to limited effective chemical options, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc Oak Park. Rat’s tail fescue is an invasive grass found on a small number of our tillage farms, where early-sown winter cereals are […]
17 July 2024
Worrying picture painted on herbicide resistance
Worrying picture painted on herbicide resistance The results of herbicide resistance testing from 2023 harvest samples paint a worrying picture. Greater than 75% of blackgrass or Italian ryegrass tested was resistant to ACCase (Axial, Falcon, Stratos) and/or ALS (Pacifica, Broadway) herbicides. We also found chickweed, corn marigold and speedwell resistant to ALS-type […]
16 July 2024
Cover crops and straw incorporation – the benefits to tillage farms
Cover crops and straw incorporation – the benefits to tillage farms John Mahon, Teagasc Signpost Tillage Advisor, tells us more on cover crops and straw incorporation – two post-harvest sustainability actions for tillage farmers that contribute positively to reducing their farms’ greenhouse gas emissions, while also providing additional benefits. The Signpost Programme, […]
11 July 2024
Wexford’s Gavin Tully on running his successful organic tillage farm
Wexford’s Gavin Tully on running his successful organic tillage farm Organic tillage farming may seem out of reach to most conventional tillage farmers. However, Gavin Tully, an organic tillage farmer in Wexford, is on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to explain how he has successfully negotiated some of the problems associated with […]
11 July 2024
Book straw supply as soon as possible
Book straw supply as soon as possible Shay Phelan, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, provided the reconvened meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee on July 8 with a tillage update, where he shared key details on crop performance, potential yields and straw availability. Addressing the meeting which reports its findings […]
10 July 2024
Why is there a shortage of Irish spuds in the shops right now?
0 Why is there a shortage of Irish spuds in the shops right now? Many consumers are noticing that Irish spuds are both scarce and expensive at the moment, with very few “new potatoes” available on shop shelves, Shay Phelan tells us why. June and July are traditionally the months where potato connoisseurs […]
5 July 2024
Top of the crops
0 Top of the crops For six decades, the Crops Research Centre at Teagasc’s Oak Park campus has been at the forefront of development and innovation in crop science and agronomy. Richie Hackett tells us more. 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the official opening of the Crops Research Centre at Oak Park, […]
4 July 2024
Crop Outlook: Winter crops, spring beans and potatoes
0 Crop Outlook: Winter crops, spring beans and potatoes Shay Phelan discusses the current status and challenges of winter barley, wheat, spring beans and potatoes. Winter crops The first winter barley crops will be ready for harvesting within the next two weeks. In general green area has been maximised by good disease control […]
4 July 2024
New varieties are bringing improved resistance
0 New varieties are bringing improved resistance John Dunne, Arable Trials and Agronomy Manager at Goldcrop, joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to chat about the varieties coming through the system. John first discusses the array of existing and new varieties that were on display at the Goldcrop Open day in Cork. He […]
4 July 2024