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Northern Ireland
Subdued fertiliser trade keeps prices unchanged this autumn
Kieran Mailey
There is no movement on fertiliser prices across NI, with little interest on forward buying for next spring.
11 September 2024 News
Crop forum: get rotations back on track for profit
Tillage farmers have had two wet autumn planting seasons and rotations have been affected because of this.
4 September 2024 Crops
Is rye worth a try?
Teagasc's Richie Hackett goes through some of the key management practices for hybrid rye.
Recommended lists publication needs to be earlier
In recent years the publication of the recommended lists has been delayed and this is impacting on farmers ability to choose varieties with all the information to hand.
10 July 2024 Varieties
Tillage Podcast: busy days for tillage farmers
This week’s show has an update on fieldwork and the second part of UK farmer Andrew Ward’s talk, along with all the latest news.
2 May 2024 News
Tillage Management: power of work done, more to do
There has been a huge amount of work carried out on tillage farms in the last week, but there is more to be done.
1 May 2024 Husbandry
Alpego’s Jet-X is just the drill for Meath tillage farmer
Gary Abbott visited Meath tillage farmer, Frank Eivers, to find out how his Alpego 3m Jet-X one-pass drill combination is performing as it enters its third season.
10 April 2024 Farm machinery
Tillage Management: difficult weather and crop management
The weather is not playing ball at all, from preventing sowing to making fertiliser spreading and spraying difficult.
3 April 2024 Husbandry
Tillage Podcast: wet weather, reports, schemes and blight
On this week’s tillage podcast we have a chat with a farmer in Meath, an adviser on potatoes and talk about brewery objections.
28 March 2024 News
Tillage farmers at crisis point with wet weather
Tillage farmers have been unable to get out to fields as persistent rain leaves fields in poor conditions.
27 March 2024 News
Tillage Management: spreading and spraying to be done. Weather delays sowing
Tillage farmers are still waiting on land to dry out to plant and are struggling to get through jobs like spraying and spreading fertiliser.
20 March 2024 Husbandry