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The latest tillage news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all crops and growing news developments in the tillage farming sector.

Tillage
Tillage Podcast: UK visit, prices and potatoes
Stephen Robb
This week’s show covers potatoes, Tillage Day and blackgrass control in the UK, as well as all the tillage news.
Tillage Podcast: UK visit, prices and potatoes
 
 
Waterford family wins Flahavan's oat grower of the year award
Tillage
Waterford family wins Flahavan's oat grower of the year award
What to expect at Tillage Day 2024?
Tillage
What to expect at Tillage Day 2024?
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Tillage
Dairygold confirms 2024 harvest prices
Tillage
Co-op grain prices as good as expected - IFA
HUSBANDRY
Tillage Management: sowing and spraying winter crops
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage Management: sowing and spraying winter crops
There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.
Tillage Management: great scope for post-break crop sowing
Stephen Robb
Tillage Management: great scope for post-break crop sowing
This back-end has presented an excellent chance to get winter cereals sown after maize, potatoes or beet have been harvested.
MARKETS
Grain Trends: prices continue to be announced
Siobhán Walsh
Grain Trends: prices continue to be announced
Grain prices for harvest 2024 in Ireland have been announced in recent days. Here is some news from around the world.
Grain Trends: more natives prices announced
Stephen Robb
Grain Trends: more natives prices announced
Centenary Thurles Co-operative has become the latest merchant to announce its 2024 grain prices.
CROPS
Dry ground conditions for maize harvest
Conor Kehoe
Dry ground conditions for maize harvest
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Derry, Waterford, and Dublin as farmers continue to harvest maize and plant cereals in good conditions.
Potatoes harvest edges past halfway mark
Stephen Robb
Potatoes harvest edges past halfway mark
The potato harvest is set to be reduced by 15-20% this year as a challenging year takes its toll, write James Hanley and Stephen Robb.
SOILS
Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs
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.
Bugs with benefits – why beetles are not always pests
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
Dry ground conditions for maize harvest
Conor Kehoe
Dry ground conditions for maize harvest
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Derry, Waterford, and Dublin as farmers continue to harvest maize and plant cereals in good conditions.
Highs and lows of forestry laid bare in Wexford
Kelsey Daly
Highs and lows of forestry laid bare in Wexford
Having been affected by ash dieback on Tykillen farm, agroforesty will benefit both livestock and the bees while promoting biodiversity. Kelsey Daly reports.
Tullamore Farm update: over 50% of ewes served in first week
Contributor
Tullamore Farm update: over 50% of ewes served in first week
After a slow couple of days at the outset mating activity has ramped up while ewe lambs will be joined with rams at the end of this week, Shaun Diver reports
Fieldwork stops as early crops emerge
Conor Kehoe
Fieldwork stops as early crops emerge
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Galway, Down and Kilkenny as some winter cereals begin to emerge and the rain returns.
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield SPONSORED
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis controlSPONSORED
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis control
Neonatal calf diarrhoea or calf scour is consistently the number one cause of death in calves less than one month of age in Ireland.
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmersSPONSORED
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers
Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.
Continued strong demand for land from farmers SPONSORED
Continued strong demand for land from farmers
Susan Maher, agricultural development manager (southeast and midlands) at Bank of Ireland and recently appointed president of the ASA, discusses the key trends the bank is seeing in the agri sector.
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