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Tillage management: winter crops and weeds in spring cereals
Siobhán Walsh
Crops are generally doing well across the country. There is spraying to be done in many at present from herbicides to fungicides.
Tillage management: winter crops and weeds in spring cereals
Tillage management: flag leaves, weeds and fungicides
16 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: flag leaves, weeds and fungicides
Flag leaves are appearing on winter barley, while weeds will soon be sprayed on early-sown spring crops.
Tillage management: farmers getting up to date in the fields
9 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: farmers getting up to date in the fields
Many tillage farmers are now up to date in the fields or are nearly up to date in the good weather. Some rain is due in the coming days.
Tillage Management: nitrogen, winter cereals and break crops
The weather continues to be dry at present and is allowing farmers to get jobs done in good conditions.
2 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: planting, fertiliser and disease control
It’s all happening in the tillage fields at present from sowing to spraying and spreading writes Siobhán Walsh.
26 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: sunshine, dry ground and spring cropping
A lot of work has been completed on tillage farms across the country in the past few weeks in very good weather conditions.
19 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: sowing, spreading and spraying
It’s all go in the tillage fields this week as fine weather has taken over the weather charts to give farmers a great chance this spring.
12 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: good weather and plenty of work to do
There has been great weather in recent days and it is allowing tillage farmers to get out to the fields to get work done.
5 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying
There is dry weather in the forecast. Land has a lot of drying to do before farmers can get out to the fields.
26 February 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: fertiliser, weeds and payments
There are many jobs to be done on tillage farms and if rain stays away it might allow some of this work to get underway.
19 February 2025 Husbandry
Grain Trends: steady wheat and barley prices
This week, wheat and barley prices remain stable, while there has been a price offer for malting barley.
12 February 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: beans, forward wheat and weather
This week’s management notes look at planting beans and whether or not to push winter wheat crops.
12 February 2025 Husbandry