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Tillage
Tillage Podcast: potatoes, harvest yields and winter area
Siobhán Walsh
On this week’s podcast, we hear from the National Potato Conference and have all the latest on the new potato blight strain.
27 November 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: international markets drop this week
Grain prices dropped this week on international markets. Siobhán Walsh reports on some of the latest news affecting grain markets.
22 November 2024 News
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.
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Brazil and United Kingdom.
13 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
Tillage Day: positivity among tillage sector clear
There was a positive atmosphere among the audience at the Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Day 2024 supported by the Irish Seed Trade Association.
10 November 2024 News
Grain Trends: prices steady but not high
Grain prices look to be steady, but are not as high as growers would like them to be. This report has some key points on what to watch out for.
6 November 2024 Husbandry
Farmer Writes: the tillage sector is very far from dead
While I greatly respect smaller farmers (probably more than I do the titans), I’m excited by this revolution in new, bigger and better farm machinery.
6 November 2024 News
My Farming Week: Eoghan O’Sullivan, Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary
Organic oat grower and suckler farmer Eoghan O’Sullivan recently won the Flahavan's organic oat grower of the year award.
6 November 2024 News
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.
30 October 2024 Markets
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.
30 October 2024 Crops
Weekend weather: mild and misty with spells of rain
Met Éireann has announced that the weekend will be rather unsettled, but mild, with highest temperatures of 17°C.
25 October 2024 News