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Tillage
Exclusive: cereal production cut forecast, but lower than expected
Siobhán Walsh
Cereal area is estimated to have declined. Production is also forecast down, but not by as much as expected.
3 July 2024 News
Claas updates greenline range
Last week Claas launched a suite of updates to its Greenline range, including new mower models, tedders and a new combination baler wrapper. Gary Abbott travelled to South Germany to find out more.
29 May 2024 News
Crops and field margins in Waterford
Pádraig Connery is aiming to improve the three pillars of sustainability – economic, environmental and social – on his farm in Clashmore, Co Waterford.
Know your growth stages: efficient timing is everything
Plant protection products should be applied at the correct timing. Identifying growth stages can be difficult.
12 April 2023 Crop protection
Plant counts can help to improve establishment
Plant counts are a simple and easy tool to help to examine how successful plant establishment was.
20 April 2022 Footprint Farmers
Managing the risk of further fungicide resistance
Cereal growers have a lot to content with this year but essential measures to ensure the continued effectiveness of our limited fungicide arsenal must not be forgotten, writes Steven Kildea.
13 April 2022 Crop protection
Prolonged activity, low rate and more diseases: Adepidyn
The advent of Adepidyn will bring another very useful disease control tool to the market, if and when it arrives.
13 April 2022 Crop protection
Are you planting a new crop into grass?
Lodging is when the crop falls over making it difficult to ripen, harvest and putting it at at a risk of sprouting.
30 March 2022 Crops
Restricted expansion scope for organic cereals
Ciarán Collins of Teagasc pointed out that demand for organic oats for Flahavan's had actually “maxed out”.
24 November 2021 News