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Home Farm: Sowing the last of the autumn crops
Matt Dempsey
While this autumn has been a huge improvement in being able to get crops established, it had been an expensive summer.
9 October 2024 News
Costs, returns and targets for winter crops
It’s essential to estimate costs and look at realistic yields for crops so that you can plan for the season ahead.
22 September 2024 News
Two new wheat varieties as JB Diego leaves list
The winter wheat list has been published for 2025 and has two new varieties for the coming season.
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Australia, United States, Vietnam and Bolivia.
18 September 2024 World
Grain prices steady and high demand for straw
Harvesting winter cereals has reached its conclusion in NI with grain prices holding firm
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Harvest update: some very poor yields, but some positive too
As the main spring barley harvest comes upon us, we asked agronomists to report grain yields and quality so far.
28 August 2024 News
Exceptional-quality spring barley harvested so far
April-sown spring barley has been cut and quality is excellent so far, with very good yields as well.
25 August 2024 News
'Septoria has been a massive yield-robber this year'
Septoria is always an issue in winter wheat, but this year it has been a bigger problem than usual in the wet year.
18 August 2024 News
Winter wheat harvest kicks off across country
The harvest continues with winter wheat being cut across the country over the last week and oilseed rape finishing up for some.
14 August 2024 News
8 winter wheat varieties make the grade
A total of eight winter wheat varieties are available for seed in the coming season. Graham, KWS DAwsum and Champion are the three main varieties.
13 July 2024 Varieties
Accompany the Agronomist: disease levels moderate, gates beginning to close
Agronomists across the country took part in this survey. Siobhán Walsh reports.
19 June 2024 News
Barley, deficiencies and no artificial fertiliser
In this installment of Accompany the Agronomist crops in Co Laois were looking well, but some issues needed attention.
12 June 2024 News