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NEWS

Tillage

Kentucky whiskey from Kentucky grain

Siobhán Walsh

Kentucky is famous for its whiskey, producing 95% of the world’s bourbon and using locally sourced grain.

Tillage

A robot for working grain stores

Tillage

Dairygold announces four malting barley finalists

Tillage

Tillage continues to lead the way on environmental indicators

Tillage

Irish tillage needs its own Ornua-style organisation

HUSBANDRY

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage management: three crops, ACRES and soil sampling

Farmers can now graze or cultivate catch crops planted under ACRES and should soil sample if the current results are not up to date.

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage management: catch crops, safety and soil sampling

There are some rules to remember when it comes to grazing catch crops planted under ACRES. These crops can only be lightly grazed.

MARKETS

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: looking ahead to 2025 prices

In this week’s report, we look ahead to selling grain in 2025 and where prices might land for harvest.

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: look back on prices for 2024

In this week’s Grain Trends report, we look back at prices for different crops in 2024 and what levels they reached.

CROPS

Conor Kehoe

Decision support tools needed for aphid control

A number of Irish stakeholders spoke at the ITLUS winter conference on the latest BYDV research and aphid control strategies. Conor Kehoe reports

Conor Kehoe

BYDV tolerant varieties can repel aphids

BYDV was a major topic at last week’s Irish Tillage and Land Use Society’s winter conference. Conor Kehoe reports.

SOILS

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science.

Conor Kehoe

Bugs with benefits – why beetles are not always pests

Beetles are often seen as pests, but many of them are beneficial to crops and soils reports, Conor Kehoe.

FARM PROGRAMMES

Adam Woods

Through the camera lens on Tullamore Farm

A look at the last 12 months on Tullamore farm and some of the highlights on the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm.

Martin Merrick

Watch: sowing multispecies swards in Laois

Earlier this year, Footprint Farmer Andrew Mulhare trialled multispecies swards on his Laois drystock farm for the first time.

Aidan Brennan

Watch: 400-cow Tipperary dairy farmer on changes he’s making to his farm

Barry Powell discusses the investments and changes he’s making on his high performing farm to improve sustainability and water quality.

Brendan Dunford

Footprints from Irish Farmers' Journeys

Brendan Dunford reflects on the great privilege of interviewing two dozen farmers across 20 counties, north and south, as part of this series of Irish Farmers Journeys.

SPONSORED

CalfCare ’25 roadshow to promote calf health and good calf rearing practices

Seventeen farms nationwide will host CalfCare ’25, a collaborative roadshow by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 campaign, promoting calf health and good calf-rearing practices.

SPONSORED

Healthy hens, longer lay with MSD

With around eight million laying hens in the whole of Ireland, egg production is a growing sector

SPONSORED

All-new Toyota Land Cruiser: a trusted ally for Irish farmers

The Toyota Land Cruiser has long been a staple in the Irish farming community, renowned for its rugged reliability and exceptional capability in challenging terrains.

SPONSORED

New 'high-skim' Flourish Calf from Volac

New Flourish Calf is an innovative 23% all-dairy protein, 19% fat formulation with a high skim content (50%). It is also enhanced with a proven package of calf health ingredients.

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