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Tillage management: 'tis the season for the workshop jobs

The winter months are prime time for catching up with machinery maintenance modification to make the job go faster and smoother writes Stephen Robb.

11 December 2024
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MEP calls on Commission to rule out ‘split’ Mercosur deal

Michael McNamara has written to Ursula von der Leyen expressing concerns if the trade component of the deal was to be separated from the other parts of the agreement with the South American countries.

27 November 2024 NEWS

New Smart fodder beet on the way

This Smart beet crop could make a big difference to yield in beet crops, as it is a fodder beet. So far, these varieties have been sugar beet.

17 November 2024 NEWS

Tillage Management: soil sampling and weed control

The dry conditions make it a good time of the year to take soil samples and make a nutrient management plan for the year ahead.

13 November 2024
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Tillage Management: weeds, aphids and sowing

The three-crop rule has to be complied with this season, so farmers need to have their cropping plan done.

6 November 2024
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Tillage Management: sowing and spraying winter crops

There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.

30 October 2024
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Commission bans herbicide for use on potato crops

The herbicide is currently used for pre- and post-emergence spraying. French farmers have condemned the move.

17 October 2024 NEWS

Tillage Management: sowing, harvesting and weed control

Ground conditions are still good for planting. Many farmers still have crops to harvest across the country.

16 October 2024
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Satellites and drones for targeted fertiliser and chemical use

Peter Thomas Keaveney attended a Farmhand and CultiWise working demonstration day in Laois last week where variable rate herbicide applications were derived from drone imagery.

21 August 2024
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