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Tillage
Grain trends: wheat and oilseeds rise
Siobhán Walsh
Wheat and oilseed prices increased in the last week, with many factors affecting prices across the globe.
9 October 2024 Farmer Writes
Would I make a move to strip-till?
Gerald Potterton has a strip-till coming for a demo onto his farm soon.
8 October 2024 News
Maize effluent is valuable - soak it up
Low dry matter crops of forage maize should be mixed with a product that can soak up the effluent that would otherwise run off the silage pit.
NASA using satellites to improve crop yields
The American space administration’s NASA Harvest representatives spoke at the World Agri-tech Innovation Summit in London about how their technology can be used to monitor food security.
6 October 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: harvest prices, maize and more malt
On this week’s show, we talk to Goldcrop’s Dave Barry on maize and beet, to Paul McGillicuddy of the Malting Company of Ireland and have the first harvest grain prices.
3 October 2024 News
Grain Trends: first prices announced as markets improve
The first official harvest prices were announced this week for feed grain. Quinns of Baltinglass was first out of the blocks.
2 October 2024 Markets
Tillage Management: baling, beans and planting
There are farmers trying to harvest crops, bale straw and plant winter cereals in the current mixed weather.
2 October 2024 Husbandry
Farmer Writes: Autumn a disaster for grass covers
We scanned a few cows that showed up doubtful on the collars on Monday, writes Padraig Callanan.
2 October 2024 Farmer Writes
€30m for tillage crops welcome, but questions remain
The tillage sector will receive a welcome €30m cash injection in Budget 2025.
1 October 2024 News
Quinns announces harvest grain prices for 2024
Quinns of Baltinglass has announced its harvest grain prices for the 2024 season, the first to do so for feed grains.
30 September 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: potato digging in the northeast and wheat varieties
Stephen McCabe of Haggard Stores joins us on this week’s show to chat harvest and potatoes in the northeast.
26 September 2024 News
Watch: blown away by spring barley at harvest
Derek Robinson grows spring barley, alongside his cattle and sheep enterprises, on his Co Down farm
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland