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BYDV was a major topic at last week’s Irish Tillage and Land Use Society’s winter conference. Conor Kehoe reports.
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A panel of farmers discussed cover crop rules, BYDV tolerance, and how 2024 went on their farms at Tillage Day last week.
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The crops are a glorious verdant green, though the latest sown crop, the gluten free oats is slower to emerge than I expected given the mild conditions.
The three-crop rule has to be complied with this season, so farmers need to have their cropping plan done.
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A panel of agronomists will try to find solutions to problems encountered in the fields this year at Tillage Day.
Farmers will discuss the challenges they faced in 2024, while also focusing on the positives at this year’s Tillage Day.
There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.
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This article provides some details on research carried out by Teagasc on winter barley and BYDV control.
Tillage farmers took advantage of the good weather last week to get crops planted. Rain fell heavier in some areas than others.
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With the lovely weather, it was too good not to be sowing, so I cracked on 18 September and loaded up the drill.
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