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Tillage
Tillage Management: Disease, beet sprays and BISS applications
Siobhán Walsh
Drier weather is helping to slow down disease in crops, but it’s busy for tillage farmers. BISS applications should be a priority this week.
17 May 2023 Crops
Picture paints a thousand words on blackgrass
Where growers rely on chemicals to control weeds their weed management plans are being challenged by plants which have developed resistance to herbicides, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.
10 May 2023 From the Tramlines
From the Tramlines: cereal planting nearly complete
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kildare, Wexford, and Westmeath as some areas finish planting, while it continues on heavier ground.
Producing fodder on the Tramlines farms
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Carlow, Dublin, and Tipperary.
3 May 2023 From the Tramlines
Lemken investing in a mechanical future without sprayers
Lemken have set its sights on moulding a crop care future manufacturing mechanical weeding equipment. Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to the Steketee factory in the Netherlands to find out more.
26 April 2023 Farm machinery
From the Tramlines: a burst of work but more to do
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Galway, Down and Cork as drier conditions allowed fieldwork to be completed.
26 April 2023 From the Tramlines
Accompany the agronomist: Winter crops still struggling in the east
Agronomists across the country carried out a crop progress and condition survey on Monday, 24 April.
26 April 2023 Crops
Spreaders and sprayers busy in the fields
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Kilkenny, Meath, and Derry as drier weather allows an an opportunity for fieldwork.
19 April 2023 From the Tramlines
Will you grow fodder for livestock?
Teagasc told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that fodder supplies are tight on many farms at its meeting last week.
16 April 2023 Crops
Mixing varieties to reduce disease and fungicide use
Aoife O'Driscoll from Co Cork works for NIAB in the UK where she is carrying out work on mixing varieties. In this article, she shares some of her findings.
12 April 2023 Crop protection
Bruchid beetle: a new challenge for Irish bean production
Dr Eamon Nolan of South East Technological University and Antoine Pichon of Teagasc are investigating bruchid beetles in Ireland and are looking for farmers to take some measurements.
12 April 2023 Crop protection
Decision in Department trials hugely important for growers
In this article the team at the Department's Crop Variety and Evaluation programme explain how a variety makes it to commercial production and some of the decisions that need to be made along the way.
12 April 2023 Crop protection