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Forestry
130% rise in new forestry planting since 2024
James Hanly
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Michael Healy-Rae welcomed the news and said that there are more than 6,000ha licensed and available to plant.
3 April 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: spring has sprung in the northwest
On this week’s show, we have an update on fieldwork in the northwest, along with all the latest tillage news.
2 April 2025 News
Potato planting surges ahead of maize and beet
Potato growers are taking advantage of the good weather, and maize planting will commence in the coming days.
Spring planting continues
Spring planting is well ahead of recent years and spring barley continues to be planted across the country this week.
26 March 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: walking winter crops and planting update
On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we report from the fields and see what has to be done to winter crops in the coming days and weeks.
20 March 2025 News
From the Tramlines: all systems go in dry weather
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Cork, Wexford, and Donegal who are very busy in the fields planting spring crops.
19 March 2025 Crops
Editorial: post-storm help required
With the ash dieback scheme, windblown timber and replanting, we have a huge amount of work ahead.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Beans and oats sold out as planting continues
Tillage farmers are busy planting spring crops across the country and in the main have now moved onto spring barley crops.
19 March 2025 News
Tillage Management: sowing, spreading and spraying
It’s all go in the tillage fields this week as fine weather has taken over the weather charts to give farmers a great chance this spring.
12 March 2025 Husbandry
From the Tramlines: We are back and ready to grow
Tillage farmers are starting to get fieldwork done and 12 these farmers from across the country will share their experiences from their farms over the coming growing season.
12 March 2025 From the Tramlines
Origin reports recovery in Irish fertiliser sales
Revenue at agricultural supplier drops on falling feed and fertiliser prices.
5 March 2025 News
Agri jobs: horticulture positions with accommodation
With planting and calving is full bloom, there are jobs going in the horticulture and dairy sectors across the country.
22 February 2025 News