Nutrition needs to be watched in beet crops. Some crops were showing nitrogen and boron deficiency this year.
Chemical protection will remain important for growers even when new, more resistant varieties come on stream, a Teagasc researcher explained.
Growers could plant more efficient varieties of potatoes, but the consumer is not looking for them, an agronomist told the national potato conference.
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.
Farmers will discuss the challenges they faced in 2024, while also focusing on the positives at this year’s Tillage Day.
Dr Deirdre Hennessy of UCC said achieving targets is important for utilising grass, but with changing growth patterns these targets may need to be examined.
This article provides some details on research carried out by Teagasc on winter barley and BYDV control.
The company plans to assemble milling wheat next season and is looking for growers to grow both winter and spring crops.
The four-year Horizon Europe project IPMorama was launched at a meeting at Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre in Dublin on Thursday 3 October.