Tillage Farming

Tillage

Irish tillage needs its own Ornua-style organisation

Siobhán Walsh

Irish tillage farmers need a new organisation selling their goods or at least looking at ways to incorporate Irish tillage credentials into meat and dairy products.

Irish tillage needs its own Ornua-style organisation

Dairy

Tirlán unveils revamped feed bonuses for 2025

Tillage

Tillage podcast: looking back on the tillage year

Tillage

Stable outlook for EU’s tillage sector

Tillage

Get out the soil sampler this winter

HUSBANDRY

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage management: payments, hedgerows and a break

There are jobs to be done on farms and crops need to be kept an eye on, but it is important to take a break.

Stephen Robb

Tillage management: 'tis the season for the workshop jobs

The winter months are prime time for catching up with machinery maintenance modification to make the job go faster and smoother writes Stephen Robb.

MARKETS

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: prices move up

There is some positivity in wheat and barley markets this week. Rapeseed has moved up and down in recent weeks.

Stephen Robb

Grain Trends: USDA cuts global wheat production

The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates was published this week by the USDA, which cut global wheat production estimates to 792.95 million tonnes.

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

Food for thought on fodder on Tullamore Farm

Shaun Diver has a round-up of what’s been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.

Adam Woods

Attention turns to grazing rape crop on Tullamore farm

Shaun Diver takes a look at what has been happening on Tullamore Farm this week.

Brendan Dunford

An eye for nature in south Mayo

Alanna Daly draws upon her farm’s remarkable heritage to boost farm income - and indulge in her passion for wildlife photography, writes Brendan Dunford.

Contributor

Tullamore Farm: bulls set sail for Italy and students fly in from Kansas

Shaun Diver has the latest update from the Irish Farmers Journal beef and sheep demonstration farm in Tullamore.

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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