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Tillage
Tillage Management: seed, storm damage and jobs in tillage
Siobhán Walsh
From filling out college application forms to checking insurance after the storm there is plenty to think about in this week’s management notes.
22 January 2025 Dealer
Clarkson back
Organisers of Cereals 2026 are expecting upwards of 25,000 visitors call to Diddly Squat farm for the event.
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Fertiliser hit with January price hike
Fertiliser manufacturers have increase price quotes on nitrogen fertiliser as sales start to build ahead of the upcoming spring
Tillage Management: varieties and moving slurry
The slurry-spreading season has started again, but you should only take slurry in where conditions are suitable to do so.
15 January 2025 Husbandry
Mixed story for Irish agrifood exports
Irish agrifood exports to September 2024 reveal several changes compared with same period last year.
23 December 2024 News
Number of farms in Ireland dropped 5% in last decade - CSO
The CSO survey also found that the average age of an Irish farmer in 2023 was just under 60.
17 December 2024 News
Average 2024 farm income estimated to be up 49% to €29,000 - Teagasc
Farm incomes in 2024 on an upward path following record lows of 2023, Teagasc has said.
3 December 2024 News
UK cereal supplies tight, exports to decline
A large amount of cereals are imported from Northern Ireland and Britain into Ireland, but production is down.
3 December 2024 News
Beef Management: ration formulation and final suckler event
This week, Adam Woods takes a look at ration formulation and previews the final event in our Irish Farmers Journal suckler series.
27 November 2024 Management
Teagasc estimates 1.9m tonnes of cereals produced
Teagasc outlined extremely wet months of weather in October, November, February, March and April as one of the major factors affecting planting and crop yields.
22 November 2024 News
Tillage Management: soil sampling and weed control
The dry conditions make it a good time of the year to take soil samples and make a nutrient management plan for the year ahead.
13 November 2024 Husbandry
Reaching net zero 'won't be cheap’ for feed prices
The move to green energy will not be easy, nor cheap, for farmers, trading expert Pedro Nonay warned.
30 October 2024 News