Crops
Spring beans – what you need to know for 2026
Sheila Alves, a researcher in Teagasc, Oak Park and Cork-based Teagasc tillage advisor, Michael McCarthy join this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss what growers need to know about spring beans for the 2026 season.
26 February 2026
This season isn’t about who gets out first, it’s about who gets it right
A bit of patience now can prevent problems that linger for seasons, Dr Veronica Nyhan, Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist, writes on the importance of soil trafficability.
26 February 2026
Is it time to go liquid?
Though not for everyone, nitrogen applied through a sprayer can offer benefits compared to solid products. Shay Phelan, Teagasc Crops Specialist, and John Pettit, Tillage Advisor, look at the pros and cons as part of this article in Today’s Farm.
26 February 2026
New tillage support scheme opens to applications
The opening of a new National Tillage Sustainability Support Scheme was today, February 24, announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD.
24 February 2026
Teagasc publish Enterprise Roadmaps 2030
Teagasc has published a new series of “Enterprise Roadmaps” looking forward to 2030 across seven agricultural enterprise areas; dairy, beef, sheep, pigs, tillage, horticulture, and forestry.
23 February 2026
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