Crops

Home-grown protein: Opportunities for beans in poultry feed

For this week’s Tillage podcast, Michael Hennessy visits agricultural grain drying and storage specialists McArthur BDC in the UK and speaks with John McArthur about the company’s work installing large-scale grain storage and drying systems, alongside their plans to process home-grown beans for inclusion in poultry rations.
19 February 2026

Resistance update on 2025 harvest samples of grass weeds

As part of the 2025 Teagasc resistance monitoring programme, growers/advisors submitted grass weeds suspected of herbicide resistance or considered difficult to control. Seed populations were grown in a glasshouse and tested with ACCase and ALS herbicides at the two- to four-leaf stage. Vijaya Bhaskar AV, Research Officer at the Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park shares key findings and insights.
19 February 2026

2025 winner, Don Somers, on the importance of the Environmental Sustainability Award

Don Somers, the Wexford tillage farmer who won the 2025 Teagasc–FBD Environmental Sustainability Award, and Siobhán Kavanagh from Teagasc’s Signpost Farm programme, join Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge.
13 February 2026

BYDV and the role of tolerant barley varieties

As part of the recent Teagasc National Tillage Conference, Teagasc Walsh Scholar, Jack Perry provided an overview of research aimed at validating the use of tolerant winter barley varieties to manage Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) in Ireland.
12 February 2026

The markets for rye

Rye grain has a number of potential markets but, overall, the market is currently limited, and growers should only grow the crop if they have a market secured.
12 February 2026

Signpost update: Trialling establishment systems and the benefits of cover crops

Participant in the Teagasc Signpost Programme, Darren Allen brings us up to date with the latest happenings from his farm, including a review of cover crop performance, an update on establishment systems and why he’s planting more legumes in 2026.
11 February 2026

Second glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass found as ACCase/ALS resistance rises

Rising Italian ryegrass resistance threatens post-emergence herbicide control options, warns Vijaya Bhaskar, Teagasc Research Officer.
7 February 2026

Tillage Edge: The key issues to shape tillage farming in the years ahead

For the second in a series featuring talks from this year’s Teagasc National Tillage Conference, this week on the Tillage Edge, the focus is placed on research and the key issues that will shape tillage farming in the years ahead.
5 February 2026

Can Irish rye meet food quality specifications?

Irish grown rye could have a future beyond feed. That’s according to research examining its suitability for human food markets and shared with delegates at the recent Teagasc National Tillage Conference.
5 February 2026

Signpost Tillage update: Looking back at the positives

Despite 2025 being a challenging year for Irish tillage farmers, Signpost Programme Tillage Farmer, Tom Tierney reflects on some of the positives.
3 February 2026