Crops
Maize or beet an option for tillage farms?
Maize or beet an option for tillage farms? The establishment of many spring crops has been delayed by challenging weather conditions over recent weeks. And now that soil conditions have finally become workable, the spring planting options available to tillage farmers have become somewhat limited. Addressing last week’s meeting of the Fertiliser […]
23 April 2023
Shaped by snow and ice
Shaped by snow and ice As part of the GenESIS project, Teagasc is using genomic and phenotypic data to understand the nature of adaption and evolution in the North American Sitka spruce tree. This knowledge can then be implemented through the GenESIS research when breeding new and improved trees in Ireland. It’s […]
21 April 2023
Management of nitrogen in late-sown malting barley
Management of nitrogen in late-sown malting barley Crops planted in mid-February or very early March have pushed through the growth stages and should be well positioned for management actions, such as wild oat control and fungicide application, explains Rebecca Bayley, Teagasc/Boortmalt Joint Programme Advisor. However, the delayed planting of a lot of […]
20 April 2023
An update from Romania with Jim McCarthy
An update from Romania with Jim McCarthy On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Irishman Jim McCarthy, who manages a large tract of land in northern Romania, talks to Michael Hennessy about spring plantings, costs of inputs, machinery capacity and why many countries have banned imports of Ukrainian grain. Jim says that due […]
20 April 2023
Global coordination of crop research required
Global coordination of crop research required The G20 Meeting of the Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS-G20) takes place in Varanasi, India from 17 -19 April. As a G20 initiative, the Wheat Initiative (WI) was invited to participate and present. The Wheat Initiative representatives at the meeting are John Spink, Teagasc and Chair of […]
18 April 2023
Want to shave one-third off your nitrogen costs?
Want to shave one-third off your nitrogen costs? Urea will cost you 33% less than CAN with no reduction in grain yield. Ciaran Collins, Tillage specialist, Teagasc Crops Environment and Land Use Programme tells us more. CAN has always been somewhat more expensive than urea. The differential has grown over the last […]
16 April 2023
Weather halting spring crop work
Weather halting spring crop work Mark Plunkett, Teagasc Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist, tells us that over the last number of weeks, field operations in tillage fields has been reduced due to poor weather and soil conditions. Many winter crops still await their main N application which should be a priority once […]
13 April 2023
Critical crop agronomy for mid-April
Critical crop agronomy for mid-April All tillage farmers have a long list of crop management tasks which needs to be completed as soon as possible and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc, chat through the critical tasks which need addressing on tillage […]
13 April 2023
Irish support for the distribution of seed potatoes to Ukraine
Irish support for the distribution of seed potatoes to Ukraine Ukraine is the among the top five potato producers in the world and the bulk of its production is small-holder farmer based. Previously 10,000–15,000t of certified seed per annum were imported from other European countries. However, since the outbreak of war, the […]
11 April 2023
Tillage advice: An update on crop performance
0 Tillage advice: An update on crop performance Shay Phelan, Teagasc Crops and Potato specialist, tells us how a variety of crops are performing right now. Winter barley Growth in winter barley has increased in the last few days, despite cool temperatures. Most crops are approaching GS 31 with earlier-developing varieties like KWS […]
6 April 2023