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Tillage
Tillage Management: varieties and moving slurry
Siobhán Walsh
The slurry-spreading season has started again, but you should only take slurry in where conditions are suitable to do so.
8 January 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: snow, plans and events
Bad weather has put an end to fieldwork, but there is plenty of work to be done to plan for the year ahead.
7 January 2025 News
Watch: cover and companion crops in Co Louth
Gareth Culligan is a tillage farmer from Co Louth and is working on improving his soil and reducing chemical use on his farm.
Sheep management: feeding early lambing ewes and sheep census
Where ewes are being retained indoors for any length of time, then concentrate supplementation needs to ensure that a nutritional deficit is minimised.
1 January 2025 Management
Sheep Management: grazing cover crops, rumen fluke and pregnancy scanning
New rules pertaining to the grazing of cover crops require at least a 30% lie back area to 70% grazing area
4 December 2024 Management
Survey: regulations pressuring tillage farmers
Regulations are putting pressure on farmers and causing issues for maximising the area of premium crops being grown.
1 December 2024 News
Tillage Management: calendar dates to remember
There are a lot of dates to remember at this time of the year, from grazing catch crops to spraying weeds.
27 November 2024 Husbandry
Sowing cover crops in Co Louth
Gareth Culligan’s goal is to enhance soil structure and health through the use of cover crops, while also providing food for pollinators throughout the winter, writes Kelsey Daly.
13 November 2024 Footprint Farmers
Harvest not yet complete for some
A panel of farmers discussed cover crop rules, BYDV tolerance, and how 2024 went on their farms at Tillage Day last week.
13 November 2024 Crops
US Farm Bill to go down to the wire
Aidan Brennan reports from Washington DC, where negotiations on the new Farm Bill are in deadlock and must be agreed before the end of the year.
23 October 2024 News
Editorial: can grazing adapt to climate change?
There are still only 2,700 farmers recording more than 25 weekly measurements across the year.
16 October 2024 Viewpoints
Updates for Lemken Rubin disc harrows
Lemken has further increased the versatility of its Rubin 10-disc harrows, with a new front-cutting roller and levelling tine option on Rubin 10 TF semi-mounted models, ranging between 4m and 7m.
9 October 2024 News