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Tillage
Seed: certification, home-saving and royalties
Siobhán Walsh
Siobhán Walsh shares all you need to know about sourcing seed, as well as the importance of paying plant variety royalties.
18 September 2024 News
Cereal harvest starts to wrap up
The cereal harvest looks to be wrapping up for many, but bean crops are a long way from harvest for many.
13 September 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Capper Trading’s Complete Rations
Assuming protein and mineral levels are sufficient in the diet, the performance of finishing cattle is driven by the energy content of the overall diet
Over 70% of cereal harvest completed
The weather has not been good for farmers with crops to cut over the past week as showery weather continued.
11 September 2024 News
Crop forum: get rotations back on track for profit
Tillage farmers have had two wet autumn planting seasons and rotations have been affected because of this.
11 September 2024 News
Home Farm: Catching up over the weekend
We may also have to accept that we may run out of weather in the autumn and simply be prepared to leave some land until the land dries out in spring.
21 August 2024 Viewpoints
Recommended lists publication needs to be earlier
In recent years the publication of the recommended lists has been delayed and this is impacting on farmers ability to choose varieties with all the information to hand.
10 July 2024 Varieties
More variety in spring beans market
There is a bit more variety in the spring beans seed area this year with some good varieties coming down the line.
10 July 2024 Varieties
Winter cereal area falls by 30% - Department
Overall, the country’s tillage area is back 1% to 334,450ha in 2024.
10 July 2024 News
Topics discussed at the Footprint Farmers farm walk
This week Kelsey Daly covers the huge turnout at the Waterford Footprint Farmers walk, topics such as Vixeran, slurry, and sustainable measures were prominent throughout the event.
3 July 2024 Footprint Farmers
My Farming Week: Norman Dunne, Owenstown, Maynooth, Co Kildare
Norman Dunne and his father Michael used to operate a conventional tillage system, before moving to direct drilling in recent years.
3 July 2024 Feature
Farmers turn out for farm walk in Co Waterford
Over 80 farmers attended the Irish Farmers Journal's Footprint Farmers walk hosted by Pádraig Connery in Clashmore, Co Waterford.
26 June 2024 Footprint Farmers