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Tillage
Watch: cover and companion crops in Co Louth
Siobhán Walsh
Gareth Culligan is a tillage farmer from Co Louth and is working on improving his soil and reducing chemical use on his farm.
1 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Would I plant beans in April again? No
Gerald Potterton takes a look back at the year that was 2024 in the tillage fields.
18 November 2024 Podcast
Youngstock Podcast: PhDs, agronomy and the future of tillage
On this week's Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to Robert Beattie, business development manager with Terrachem and Meath tillage farmer, about his role and the future of the sector.
Access to land a 'huge issue' for tillage farmers
Access to land could be managed in a “more proactive way” and that structure and policy is needed to actually put that in place, Liam Leahy of Dairygold has said.
13 November 2024 News
In pictures: John Deere 6155R tops tillage farmer auction at €60,000
A 2016 John Deere 6155R Ultimate Edition with 5,800 hours secured €60,000 plus VAT and fees, topping the auction of a retiring Carlow tillage farmer last week.
6 November 2024 Farm machinery
Mixed views on ACRES at nature conference
At the annual Farming for Nature event, farmers expressed differing views on ACRES.
30 October 2024 News
Growing crops with more technology in north of England
Farm manager with McGregor Farms David Fuller will make a presentation on farm management and precision technology at Tillage Day.
23 October 2024 News
Commitment to sustainability and autumn calving
The Footprint Farmers programme has given Laois farmer Andrew Mulhare the encouragement to adopt sustainable methods and invest in labour-saving technology for his suckler cows, writes Kelsey Daly.
16 October 2024 Footprint Farmers
Fresh kit to go under the hammer as Carlow tillage farmer calls it a day
A retiring Carlow tillage farmer is set to sell his entire modern fleet of farm equipment at an online auction on 30 October 2024, at 7pm.
16 October 2024 News
Young Stock Podcast: agronomy, farming with family and the future of tillage
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, we chat to Max Potterton, tillage farmer and IFA grain policy executive, about college, working in the Irish Farm Centre, and the future of tillage.
16 September 2024 Podcast
Straw making between €25 and €35
"Straw is making €40/bale in some places, but I wouldn't like to do that to anybody," a tillage farmer from Co Carlow told the Irish Farmers Journal.
11 September 2024 News
Red hot market as traders battle for straw
Straw is being sold as quick as it comes out of the combine, one Wexford farmer claimed.
21 August 2024 News