Beetles are often seen as pests, but many of them are beneficial to crops and soils reports, Conor Kehoe.
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With 14 varieties of spring barley in seed production farmers are spoiled for choice for the 2025 season.
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The use of pesticides is now governed by conditionality, meaning that if breaches occur it may pose a risk to CAP payments, writes Darren Carty.
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It is easier to keep disease out of crops than to control it. It is also important to avoid stress on plants.