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Tillage
Tillage management: flag leaves, weeds and fungicides
Siobhán Walsh
Flag leaves are appearing on winter barley, while weeds will soon be sprayed on early-sown spring crops.
9 April 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: farmers getting up to date in the fields
Many tillage farmers are now up to date in the fields or are nearly up to date in the good weather. Some rain is due in the coming days.
9 April 2025 Crop protection
Is grass weed control becoming more difficult?
Herbicide resistance is likely to continue to challenge growers, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.
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 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
Tillage management: sunshine, dry ground and spring cropping
A lot of work has been completed on tillage farms across the country in the past few weeks in very good weather conditions.
19 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Podcast: fine weather, new products and malt
On this week’s tillage podcast, we get down to practical agronomy on fertiliser, herbicides and fungicides and we hear from the malting barley meeting.
13 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
Tillage management: good weather and plenty of work to do
There has been great weather in recent days and it is allowing tillage farmers to get out to the fields to get work done.
5 March 2025 Husbandry
New and improved brome herbicide hits the market
Broadway Star which is a common herbicide used to control brome in winter wheat is getting an upgrade.
2 March 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: fertiliser, whiskey and drier weather
This week’s podcast features advice on fertiliser set up and how to carry out your own farm trials.
27 February 2025 News
Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying
There is dry weather in the forecast. Land has a lot of drying to do before farmers can get out to the fields.
26 February 2025 Husbandry