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Tillage Podcast: payments, awards and contract cuts

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we have the latest on payments and malting barley contracts and report from the Tirlán grain awards.

NEWS 13 February 2025

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Eighty seven per cent increase in cover crop area with funding in Wexford

Eighty seven per cent increase in cover crop area with funding in Wexford

NEWS 12 February 2025

More carbon in tillage soils than expected

More carbon in tillage soils than expected

NEWS 5 February 2025

Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

NEWS 4 February 2025

Editorial: cover crop benefits obvious

Editorial: cover crop benefits obvious

Editorial: cover crop benefits obvious

VIEWPOINTS 29 January 2025

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Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

In this article, Conor Kehoe goes through some of your top questions on soil from the Teagasc National Tillage Conference.

NEWS 1 December 2024

Editorial: cover crop benefits obvious

Editorial: cover crop benefits obvious

On the greater scale of things, surely we need a far larger proportion of the tillage area with cover crops.

VIEWPOINTS 1 December 2024

Final 2024 crop area drops and pushes targets out

Final 2024 crop area drops and pushes targets out

The drop in area is concerning for many reasons and makes it difficult for the Government to reach a number of the targets in its climate action plan.

NEWS 1 December 2024

Tillage Management: varieties and moving slurry

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.

HUSBANDRY 1 December 2024

Tillage Management: snow, plans and events

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.

HUSBANDRY 1 December 2024

Watch: cover and companion crops in Co Louth

Watch: cover and companion crops in Co Louth

Gareth Culligan is a tillage farmer from Co Louth and is working on improving his soil and reducing chemical use on his farm.

NEWS 1 December 2024

Sheep management: feeding early lambing ewes and sheep census

Sheep management: feeding early lambing ewes and sheep census

Where ewes are being retained indoors for any length of time, then concentrate supplementation needs to ensure that a nutritional deficit is minimised.

MANAGEMENT 1 December 2024

Sheep Management: grazing cover crops, rumen fluke and pregnancy scanning

Sheep Management: grazing cover crops, rumen fluke and pregnancy scanning

New rules pertaining to the grazing of cover crops require at least a 30% lie back area to 70% grazing area

MANAGEMENT 1 December 2024

Survey: regulations pressuring tillage farmers

Survey: regulations pressuring tillage farmers

Regulations are putting pressure on farmers and causing issues for maximising the area of premium crops being grown.

NEWS 1 December 2024

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New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

Syngenta Ireland recently launched CASPER®, a new broadleaved weed herbicide for newly sown and established grassland.

New for 2025: Syngenta enters grassland market with CASPER ®

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