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Tillage
Crops looking Tipp top in the Golden Vale
Siobhán Walsh
In this week’s installment of Accompany the Agronomist we met Tim McCarthy of Dairygold to look at crops in Tipperary.
16 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: flag leaves, weeds and fungicides
Flag leaves are appearing on winter barley, while weeds will soon be sprayed on early-sown spring crops.
9 April 2025 Farm machinery
Classic kit busy sowing in the southeast
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Wexford farmer Frank Cardiff, to talk about his fleet of well-maintained classic machinery
Accompany the Agronomist: yellow rust the main issue as spraying gets up to date
Rust in wheat looks to be the main issue in parts, but in general crops are clean according to agronomists across the country.
9 April 2025 News
Spring barley sown on Tullamore Farm
Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on what’s been happening on another busy week on the farm.
4 April 2025 Tullamore Farm
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.
3 April 2025 News
From the Tramlines: wonderful weather takes some pressure off
The good weather of late has taken some pressure off farmers. There is plenty of work to be done, but the weather is there to do it.
2 April 2025 From the Tramlines
Tillage Management: nitrogen, winter cereals and break crops
The weather continues to be dry at present and is allowing farmers to get jobs done in good conditions.
2 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Podcast: disease control and advice on liquid N
On this week’s show, disease control is top of the agenda and we have some advice on applying liquid nitrogen.
27 March 2025 News
Tillage Management: planting, fertiliser and disease control
It’s all happening in the tillage fields at present from sowing to spraying and spreading writes Siobhán Walsh.
26 March 2025 Husbandry
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
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