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Tillage Podcast: blackgrass control in UK, nutrition and Tipperary milk
Siobhán Walsh
On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we talk blackgrass control in the UK, plant nutrition and value-added products.
Tillage Podcast: blackgrass control in UK, nutrition and Tipperary milk
Horticulture the next port of call for regulator’s spotlight
21 November 2024 News
Horticulture the next port of call for regulator’s spotlight
The Agri-Food Regulator is looking to improve transparency in the fruit and vegetable sector.
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
20 November 2024 Schemes
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Only a fraction of Ireland’s organic feed requirement is produced domestically, with the Department of Agriculture hoping for an increase in tillage participants in the latest intake.
Tillage Day: agronomists highlight new genetics, sulphur and nutrition
Attendees at the Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Day 2024 supported by the Irish Seed Trade Association heard from a panel of agronomists on crop management. strategies and winter planting.
20 November 2024 News
Could crop insurance reduce grain price volatility?
A panel at Tillage Day discussed whether a US-style crop insurance scheme would work in an Irish setting.
20 November 2024 News
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.
18 November 2024 Podcast
New Smart fodder beet on the way
This Smart beet crop could make a big difference to yield in beet crops, as it is a fodder beet. So far, these varieties have been sugar beet.
17 November 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: reporting from Tillage Day '24
On this week's show, we are reporting from Tillage Day 2024, which took place last week.
14 November 2024 News
Boortmalt to expand Minch Malt in Athy
IFA grain chair Kieran McEvoy said the announcement by Boortmalt is a positive story for the tillage sector.
14 November 2024 News
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
Difficult to translate low-carbon grain into financial return
Barry Larkin of Acorn Independent Merchants said rewarding grain growers for top-quality grain with a low carbon footprint is not an easy nut to crack.
13 November 2024 News
Premium crops, rotations and planting winter crops in Waterford
Premium crops are a very important part of this tillage farm business in Co Waterford.
12 November 2024 News