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Tillage
Tillage Management: sowing, spreading and spraying
Siobhán Walsh
It’s all go in the tillage fields this week as fine weather has taken over the weather charts to give farmers a great chance this spring.
Tillage Management: sowing, spreading and spraying
Tillage management: good weather and plenty of work to do
5 March 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: good weather and plenty of work to do
There has been great weather in recent days and it is allowing tillage farmers to get out to the fields to get work done.
Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying
26 February 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: watching the weather for fertiliser, planting and spraying
There is dry weather in the forecast. Land has a lot of drying to do before farmers can get out to the fields.
Tillage management: fertiliser, weeds and payments
There are many jobs to be done on tillage farms and if rain stays away it might allow some of this work to get underway.
19 February 2025 Husbandry
Grain Trends: steady wheat and barley prices
This week, wheat and barley prices remain stable, while there has been a price offer for malting barley.
12 February 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: beans, forward wheat and weather
This week’s management notes look at planting beans and whether or not to push winter wheat crops.
12 February 2025 Husbandry
Fertilising tillage crops in 2025
Tim Sheil, J Bolger & Co, and Damien Kelly, Nitrofert, look at tillage crop requirements in 2025.
5 February 2025 Fertilizers
Tillage management: seed, lime and fertiliser
The weather is wet now, but there is planning to be done, from ordering seed to checking soil tests for lime requirements and ordering fertiliser.
5 February 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: seed, storm damage and jobs in tillage
From filling out college application forms to checking insurance after the storm there is plenty to think about in this week’s management notes.
29 January 2025 Husbandry
Tillage management: beans, weather and fertiliser
Some farmers are planting and when rain is on the way you could attend the National Tillage Conference.
22 January 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: varieties and moving slurry
The slurry-spreading season has started again, but you should only take slurry in where conditions are suitable to do so.
15 January 2025 Husbandry
Tillage Management: snow, plans and events
Bad weather has put an end to fieldwork, but there is plenty of work to be done to plan for the year ahead.
8 January 2025 Husbandry