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Tillage Update April 23rd
Tillage Update April 23rd Type Media Article Get the latest advice on spring & winter cereals; disease control & plant growth regulator programmes; nitrogen for feed & malting barley. Checkout our Podcast and latest videos This weeks Tillage edge podcast is on aphid control in spring cereals. Our latest videos are on […]
23 April 2020
Fertiliser application: Headland Spreading
Fertiliser application: Headland Spreading Type Press Release Headlands make up a large proportion of a field. Headlands often display the greatest variation in fertiliser application.Dermot Forristal outlines why is it important to spread fertiliser evenly on headlands? Spreading fertiliser evenly on field headlands is hugely important, yet we may not be doing […]
16 April 2020
Tillage Update April 16th
Tillage Update April 16th Type Factsheet Tips on winter cereals; plant growth regulators & disease control advice; nitrogen for malting barley. Podcast on early season disease control in winter wheat. Watch a video on nitrogen timing for spring malting barley. TILLAGE: Get some tips on winter cereals; plant growth regulators and disease […]
16 April 2020
Crop Improvement and Speed breeding
Crop Improvement and Speed breeding Type Media Article The Crop Science department in Teagasc Oak Park is focused on developing cost effective cropping systems to support the profitability and environmental sustainability of Irish tillage farmers. Breeding Conventional and novel breeding techniques are continuously in use to develop resilient crops to climate change […]
10 April 2020
Teagasc Tillage Update – 9 April
Teagasc Tillage Update – 9 April 0 Type Media Article TILLAGE: Get some tips on winter cereals; winter barley nitrogen and disease control advice; growth regulators and diseases; nitrogen for malting barley. Watch a video on winter barley disease control and listen to a podcast on nitrogen strategies rates. Huge progress has been […]
9 April 2020
Tillage Newsletter – April 2020
Tillage Newsletter – April 2020 0 Type Newsletter Download Publication (PDF) In this month’s edition: Winter barley Winter wheat Spring crops Winter oats Winter oilseed rape Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT) project
2 April 2020
Teagasc Tillage Update – 2 April
Teagasc Tillage Update – 2 April 0 Type Media Article TILLAGE: Get some tips on spring barley; winter cereals; winter barley nitrogen advice; growth regulators and diseases. Watch videos on the fertiliser application rates required to match off takes and on fertiliser spreader calibration and set up. After a prolonged period of inactivity […]
2 April 2020
Teagasc Tillage Update
Teagasc Tillage Update Type Media Article TILLAGE: The weather is improving allowing sowing to take place. Get some tips on planting beans. If you are planting spring cereals. plant wheat, oats and malting barley first. Watch the winter barley update and P & K requirements for winter cereals. In these unprecedented times […]
25 March 2020
Spring Malting Barley Drilling
Spring Malting Barley Drilling Type Media Article Eoin Lyons, Teagasc/Boortmalt Joint Programme Advisor Over the month of February an average of 154mm of rain fell across the five malting barley monitor farms, which is 80mm more rain compared to the Met Eireann 30 year average rainfall figures for the same period. The […]
23 March 2020
Achieving high performance from grass this spring
Achieving high performance from grass this spring Type Media Article By Donal McCabe, Drystock Advisor, Longford Town. Given the weather conditions we have encountered this Spring, it can be hard to contemplate letting cattle out of their comfortable shed to grass, however it is something that we must give serious consideration to. […]
16 March 2020