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Tillage
Fields beginning to dry as rainfall eases
Conor Kehoe
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Dublin and Laois as final preparations are made for spring planting.
Fields beginning to dry as rainfall eases
Decent winter crops but fields remain saturated
10 April 2024 Crops
Decent winter crops but fields remain saturated
This week, Conor Kehoe chats to farmers in Waterford, Meath, and Kilkenny as they hope for an improvement in the weather.
Spraying and spreading in difficult conditions
3 April 2024 Crops
Spraying and spreading in difficult conditions
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Tipperary, Down, and Westmeath as growers try to get up to date on winter crops.
Ground conditions causing fieldwork backlog
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Galway, and Derry as growers battle poor ground conditions to get fieldwork done.
27 March 2024 Crops
From the Tramlines returns for 2024
From the Tramlines is back for another year, with farmers set to share what's happening on their farms in the coming season. Conor Kehoe will keep you up to date each week.
20 March 2024 Crops
2023 - a perfect storm of poor prices, weather and yield in the Tramlines
This week, the From the Tramlines farmers give their highs and lows of an extremely challenging year, Conor Kehoe reports.
1 November 2023 Crops
Potato harvest and cereal planting halted by rain
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kildare, Wexford, and Westmeath, where harvesting and drilling took place before Storm Babet arrived last week.
25 October 2023 Crops
A lot of work completed, more to do
This week, Conor Kehoe chats to farmers in Dublin, Tipperary, and Carlow, as the pressure is on to plant cereals and harvest forage crops.
18 October 2023 Crops
Planting begins but more dry weather needed
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Down, Galway and Cork where winter barley is beginning to be planted.
11 October 2023 Crops
Patience required for autumn planting season
This week, Conor Kehoe chats to farmers in Kilkenny, Meath and Derry, where land is wet but farmers are remaining positive that a lot of planting can still be done.
4 October 2023 Crops
Combining continues as maincrop potato harvest to begin
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Westmeath, Wexford, and Kildare, where potatoes, spring beans and spring oilseed rape are still to be harvested.
27 September 2023 Crops
Wet ground preventing early planting of winter crops
This week, Conor Kehoe chats to farmers in Carlow, Dublin, and Tipperary, where focus is turning to autumn planting.
20 September 2023 Crops