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Oilseed rape

Grain trends: wheat and oilseeds rise

Wheat and oilseed prices increased in the last week, with many factors affecting prices across the globe.

9 October 2024 NEWS
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Grain Trends: oilseed rape moves up

Oilseed rape increased this week, but wheat did not increase significantly and is relatively stable.

25 September 2024
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Feeling the effects of late sowing this season

Weeks behind with harvest, it’s been a high-pressure year for Footprint Farmer Gareth Culligan in Co Louth.

18 September 2024
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Grain Trends: prices down after rebound

Grain prices increased slightly last week, but went back down this week. There are a lot of factors affecting prices.

18 September 2024
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Tillage Podcast: still time to plant oilseed as harvest continues

This week’s show has a report on harvest from the northeast, has advice on oilseed rape planting and all the news.

12 September 2024 NEWS
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Home Farm: some cattle in, mole ploughing in tillage

We have ended up housing the most forward cattle and will probably aim to finish them for the pre-Christmas market.

11 September 2024 VIEWPOINTS

Over 70% of cereal harvest completed

The weather has not been good for farmers with crops to cut over the past week as showery weather continued.

11 September 2024 NEWS
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Tillage Management: harvest, bales and stubbles

Rain halted work at the weekend, and it looks like there is showery weather in the forecast with a lot of crops still to be cut.

4 September 2024
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Competing land demands threaten tillage sector

As the grain rolls, the new cropping season starts. Oilseed rape is being planted this week. Growers have to make decisions.

28 August 2024 VIEWPOINTS