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The latest tillage news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all crops and growing news developments in the tillage farming sector.

News
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Darren Carty
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.
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
 
 
Could crop insurance reduce grain price volatility?
Tillage
Could crop insurance reduce grain price volatility?
Tillage Day: Agronomists highlight new genetics, sulphur, and nutrition
Tillage
Tillage Day: Agronomists highlight new genetics, sulphur, and nutrition
Youngstock Podcast: PhDs, agronomy and the future of tillage
Podcast
Youngstock Podcast: PhDs, agronomy and the future of tillage
New Smart fodder beet on the way
Tillage
New Smart fodder beet on the way
HUSBANDRY
Tillage management: frost, crows and crop records
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage management: frost, crows and crop records
This is a good time of the year to get crop records in order and to calculate crop costs and returns.
Tillage Management: soil sampling and weed control
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage Management: soil sampling and weed control
The dry conditions make it a good time of the year to take soil samples and make a nutrient management plan for the year ahead.
MARKETS
Grain Trends: markets steady again this week
Siobhán Walsh
Grain Trends: markets steady again this week
Grain markets remained relatively steady this week. Plantings and weather look to be the main things affecting prices at present.
Grain Trends: no major movements in markets
Siobhán Walsh
Grain Trends: no major movements in markets
There haven’t been any major moves in grain markets this week. Oilseed rape prices are looking positive at present.
CROPS
Harvest not yet complete for some
Conor Kehoe
Harvest not yet complete for some
A panel of farmers discussed cover crop rules, BYDV tolerance, and how 2024 went on their farms at Tillage Day last week.
Sowing cover crops in Co Louth
Kelsey Daly
Sowing cover crops in Co Louth
Gareth Culligan’s goal is to enhance soil structure and health through the use of cover crops, while also providing food for pollinators throughout the winter, writes Kelsey Daly.
SOILS
Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs
Siobhán Walsh
Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science.
Bugs with benefits – why beetles are not always pests
Conor Kehoe
Bugs with benefits – why beetles are not always pests
Beetles are often seen as pests, but many of them are beneficial to crops and soils reports, Conor Kehoe.
FARM PROGRAMMES
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
Adam Woods
Tullamore bulls - decision time: finish or sell weanlings?
Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024 born bull weanlings on Tullamore farm as the farm decide whether to finish or sell on
Sowing cover crops in Co Louth
Kelsey Daly
Sowing cover crops in Co Louth
Gareth Culligan’s goal is to enhance soil structure and health through the use of cover crops, while also providing food for pollinators throughout the winter, writes Kelsey Daly.
Tullamore Farm: sheep mating progresses as suckler herd weaning completed
Contributor
Tullamore Farm: sheep mating progresses as suckler herd weaning completed
Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on what’s happening on Tullamore farm, as breeding progresses well in the ewe flock while the last of the beef calves have been weaned.
Producing nutrient-dense food in west Cork
Brendan Dunford
Producing nutrient-dense food in west Cork
Steve Collins’ lifelong dedication to fighting malnutrition has taken him all over the world and lives on through his current ‘passion project’– a small hill farm in west Cork, writes Brendan Dunford.
Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff HolsteinsSPONSORED
Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff Holsteins
John O’Sullivan milks approximately 400 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows in Whitechurch, Co Cork. He farms alongside his father John Snr, his brother Victor and farm manager Dave McGrath.
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield SPONSORED
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis controlSPONSORED
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis control
Neonatal calf diarrhoea or calf scour is consistently the number one cause of death in calves less than one month of age in Ireland.
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmersSPONSORED
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers
Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.
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