Crops
Gearing up for Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations 2023
Gearing up for Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations 2023 Teagasc and the Irish Farmers Journal have teamed up for the major tillage event of the year – Crops and Cover Crop Cultivations, which will be held at Oak Park on Wednesday, June 21st. This biennial event will incorporate machinery demonstrations, as well […]
14 June 2023
Spring crops will welcome forecast rain
0 Spring crops will welcome forecast rain Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist, takes a closer look at soil moisture deficits and offers advice on fungicide treatments for spring barley. Soil moisture deficits (SMDs) have continued to increase due to lack of rainfall over the majority of the country over the […]
9 June 2023
Eoin Lyons in Kilkenny on his direct drill cropping system
0 Eoin Lyons in Kilkenny on his direct drill cropping system Featuring on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast is Eoin Lyons, Kilkenny, who uses a direct drill system to establish crops every year. Joining Michael Hennessy, Teagasc Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer, he speaks about the lessons learned over the years of using […]
8 June 2023
Using pig slurry to reduce fertiliser costs and inputs
0 Using pig slurry to reduce fertiliser costs and inputs A range of environment initiatives made this pig business a logical choice as a Signpost farm, John Mahon, Mark Plunkett and Gerard McCutcheon tell us more. Miriam and Mattie Moore have two pig units: a 1,600-sow pig unit, rearing pigs up to 18kg […]
8 June 2023
Save money and reduce GHG emissions switching from CAN to protected urea
0 Save money and reduce GHG emissions switching from CAN to protected urea Vincent Macken, Signpost Programme Tillage Farmer, has saved money by switching from CAN to protected urea, while also reducing his GHG emissions on the farm. Here Vicent gives us an update on his farm. Fertiliser calibration Earlier this spring, I […]
5 June 2023
Getting the most from your fungicide spend
0 Getting the most from your fungicide spend Timing is all, but rate and product choice are also important, explain Teagasc Tillage Specialist Shay Phelan and Teagasc Tillage Advisor John Kelly. In the Teagasc Costs and Returns 2023 figures, projected fungicide costs in winter wheat are €245/ha (€99/ac), €145/ha (€59/ac) in winter barley […]
4 June 2023
Tillage advice: Fungicide treatments and grass weeds
0 Tillage advice: Fungicide treatments and grass weeds Early-drilled crops of spring barley are now at awns peeping stage, which is the ideal timing for the final fungicide. Shay Phelan, Teagasc Tillage Specialist, tells us more. With the dry weather at the moment, many growers may opt to delay applying the final fungicide […]
1 June 2023
Strip-till establishment with Michael Grace in Clane, Co. Kildare
0 Strip-till establishment with Michael Grace in Clane, Co. Kildare For this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Michael Hennessy visited Michael Grace’s farm in Clane, Co. Kildare, to chat about the strip-till establishment system on the farm. Michael Grace explains that yields are as good as any of his neighbours and he is very […]
1 June 2023
Blackgrass raising its head
Blackgrass raising its head As winter cereals enter the finishing straight, there have been a few reports this week of blackgrass raising its head above the canopy. Ciaran Collins, Teagasc Crops Specialist, tells us more. Worryingly some of these reports have come from farmers who previously did not have a blackgrass problem. […]
25 May 2023
Update from Don Somers’ farm in Wexford
Update from Don Somers’ farm in Wexford The poor spring weather was a key topic on the latest Tillage Edge podcast, when Michael Hennessy chatted to both Don Somers, a farmer from Wexford, who is also participating in the Signpost Programme, and John Mahon, his Tillage Signpost Advisor. Don said he was […]
25 May 2023