Fungicide

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

AgSense is a research project that aims to improve the forecasting and identification of potato blight and its different strains. Alex Neuroth from DCU reports.

NEWS 10 December 2025

You can help develop a new testing kit for potato blight

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Tillage Management: walking the fields for disease, slugs and soil inspections

Tillage Management: walking the fields for disease, slugs and soil inspections

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Tillage Management: harvest preparation and trailers

Tillage Management: harvest preparation and trailers

HUSBANDRY 25 June 2025

Warning over illegal sales of crop spray

Warning over illegal sales of crop spray

Warning over illegal sales of crop spray

NEWS 18 June 2025

Tillage Management: open days, sprayer tests and weeds

Tillage Management: open days, sprayer tests and weeds

Tillage Management: open days, sprayer tests and weeds

HUSBANDRY 11 June 2025

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Managing disease in spring barley

Managing disease in spring barley

Disease timings in spring barley are a mixed bag this year as weather has provided low disease pressure, but also seen crops push on.

NEWS 7 May 2025

Keeping septoria under control in winter wheat

Keeping septoria under control in winter wheat

Many farmers are now applying the T2 fungicide to winter wheat crops as the flag leaf has emerged.

NEWS 7 May 2025

Tillage management: barley, beet and wheat

Tillage management: barley, beet and wheat

Spraying is the main job to be done at present on many different crops across the country from beet to barley to wheat.

HUSBANDRY 7 May 2025

Dry conditions starting to bite crops

Dry conditions starting to bite crops

It's now almost a month since the last meaningful rainfall in many tillage areas.

NEWS 7 May 2025

Keeping spring barley clean with T1 fungicide

Keeping spring barley clean with T1 fungicide

Many farmers are spraying their T1 on spring barley or are due to spray it in the coming days.

NEWS 7 May 2025

Tillage Management: low disease pressure and spraying weather

Tillage Management: low disease pressure and spraying weather

There is low disease pressure in crops at present and weather is ideal for spraying most crops, but not crops like beet.

HUSBANDRY 7 May 2025

Farmer Writes: I can't bear a gate that is not properly hung

Farmer Writes: I can't bear a gate that is not properly hung

Now I suspect some people will scoff at this painting crack and say we’ve little to do (maybe that’s true).

FARMER WRITES 7 May 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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