Cover crops

Regenerative agriculture focuses on improving soil health and reducing artificial inputs, but it does not need to be a full move to organic production.

The different scales of anaerobic digestion plants and solar farms, along with their merits and the opportunities for farmers, were discussed at this year's Ploughing Championships.

Farmers are still harvesting crops and no doubt thinking about planting winter cereal crops in some dry conditions.

Contractors say that the revised closing date of 1 October 2024 for the application of organic fertilisers to farmland is not practical.

In the Tillage Fields on the Irish Farmers Journal stand at the National Ploughing Championships will focus on Irish grain, soil health and carbon emissions.

There is a lot of work to be done on farms at the minute, and some deadlines have been extended.

Last week, at a press event in Austria, Pöttinger expanded its range of tillage products by unveiling its new 6m Plano stubble cultivator, a complete new offering from the brand.

Rain halted work at the weekend, and it looks like there is showery weather in the forecast with a lot of crops still to be cut.