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Bugs with benefits – why beetles are not always pests

Beetles are often seen as pests, but many of them are beneficial to crops and soils reports, Conor Kehoe.

31 July 2024
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Hurler is coming off the ditch

With 14 varieties of spring barley in seed production farmers are spoiled for choice for the 2025 season.

10 July 2024
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What you need to know about grassland pesticide use

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.

16 June 2024
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Keeping disease out of spring barley crops

It is easier to keep disease out of crops than to control it. It is also important to avoid stress on plants.

26 May 2024 NEWS