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Tillage
56% of tillage farms earn positive margin
Siobhán Walsh
A Teagasc report has shown that many tillage farms are not profitable. However, incomes are predicted to improve in 2025.
24 November 2024 News
Winter cereal area estimated up almost 27,000ha
Teagasc has released winter cereal and oilseed rape cropping area estimates for the 2025 season.
22 November 2024 News
Teagasc estimates 1.9m tonnes of cereals produced
Teagasc outlined extremely wet months of weather in October, November, February, March and April as one of the major factors affecting planting and crop yields.
Home Farm: Sowing the last of the autumn crops
While this autumn has been a huge improvement in being able to get crops established, it had been an expensive summer.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
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.
9 October 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.
22 September 2024 News
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