Crops
Organic mixed farming with John Hamilton
Organic mixed farming with John Hamilton Donegal farmer, John Hamilton combines sucklers, sheep and tillage in a fully organic system. John Hamilton is a mixed enterprise organic farmer based in St Johnston, Co. Donegal, with an additional out-farm in Newtowncunningham. His journey into organic farming began in 2009, and by 2011, the […]
29 May 2025
National Centre for Brewing and Distilling officially opened
National Centre for Brewing and Distilling officially opened The National Centre for Brewing and Distilling, located at Teagasc Oak Park, has been officially opened by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon T.D. Having been allocated funding of €2.3m by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since […]
26 May 2025
Preparing for the ‘fight on blight’
Preparing for the ‘fight on blight’ With the vast majority of the country entering a ‘very high’ blight risk period, Teagasc has organised two important potato crop walks. At the events, potato growers will hear an update on EU43 – a more challenging strain of blight first identified in Ireland in the […]
26 May 2025
Listen: How Don Somers increases precision on his farm
Listen: How Don Somers increases precision on his farm Fresh from hosting a Signpost Programme event this week, Don Somers from Co. Wexford joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast. Challenges like weather, product availability and varying soil types often means that blanket applications are the norm rather than precise, […]
22 May 2025
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt
Organic tillage farming with Tommy Delahunt Tommy Delahunt is a tillage farmer in the Growing Organics programme. He farms in east Wicklow and grows a mix of winter and spring cereals, along with oilseed rape, beans, maize and fodder beet as break crops. Tommy opted for a partial tillage conversion into organic […]
22 May 2025
In pictures: Identifying biodiversity and heritage preservation improvements
In pictures: Identifying biodiversity and heritage preservation improvements A recent visit to the Moore family farm in Croghan, Co. Offaly, is a powerful reminder of how heritage and biodiversity can coexist alongside commercial farming practices on even the busiest of farms, Signpost Tillage Advisor, John Mahon tells us more. The Signpost Programme […]
22 May 2025
Addressing nutrient deficiencies in drought conditions
Addressing nutrient deficiencies in drought conditions As phosphorous, potassium, magnesium and manganese deficiencies become evident in spring crops, Teagasc Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist, Veronica Nyhan plots a course for identification of each and treatment. Soil moisture deficit (SMD) is a measure of the amount of rain that would need to be […]
15 May 2025
Listen: Dry conditions begin to bite and what this means for disease control
Listen: Dry conditions begin to bite and what this means for disease control The dry conditions over the past 10 days – and with no rain in the forecast – means that spring crops in particular are coming under pressure. John Pettit, a Teagasc Tillage Advisor in Wexford, and Ciaran Collins, a […]
15 May 2025
Noxious weed classification for Blackgrass
Noxious weed classification for Blackgrass Blackgrass, a grass weed requiring a zero-tolerance approach on tillage farms, has now been classified as a noxious weed. Blackgrass populations have been located and identified in most tillage counties and its classification as a noxious weed follows the signing of a new Statutory Instrument on Noxious […]
14 May 2025
New European Innovation Partnership project funding for Teagasc
New European Innovation Partnership project funding for Teagasc Teagasc is one of a number of organisations to have been awarded funding for the implementation of new European Innovation Partnership (EIP) projects, focused on the theme of environmental sustainability. EIPs are locally-led, collaborative projects which involve farmers trialling actions on farms to ensure […]
13 May 2025