Arable
Crop management update: the busiest time of the year has arrived
Tillage farmers are entering the business time of the year, with key crop management decisions required for both winter and...
Beans
N.Ireland
Call for crop inputs in UK & Ireland to be independently trialled
The head of Scottish Agronomy is calling for all crop inputs used within UK and Irish agriculture to be independently...
Agri-Business
Grange Machinery launches TDT drill for tricky conditions
Grange Machinery Ltd of Holderness is a company that focuses on less intensive cultivation, building implements that are designed to...
N.Ireland
Concern over availability of spring barley seed
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply...
N.Ireland
Arable update: Barley yields disappointing in Northern Ireland
Co. Down agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete with many growers...
N.Ireland
CAFRE: Wet spring weather causes crop protection challenge
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors are confirming that the wet weather during much of March and...
Arable
Don’t forget – peas and beans are legumes
It’s sometimes easy for any farmer to overlook very basic facts, one being that peas and beans are legumes. The...
Arable
Year one of protein crop trial heavily subscribed in Northern Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has confirmed that 80 farmers successfully applied for the first year...
Arable
Are beans the perfect break crop?
A leading Co. Down tillage farmer has confirmed that field beans are an extremely valuable break crop within all cereal...
Dairy
How can field beans be best included in dairy cow diets?
Traditionally, the inclusion of field beans in ruminant diets is normally restricted due to the perceived risk associated with ‘anti-nutritional...
Arable
Why spring beans are key on rugby star Rory Best's 1,200-acre farm
Spring beans work tremendously well as a break within a tillage rotation, according to Irish rugby star Rory Best. The...
Rural Life
Video: Beans means ploughing, harrowing and sowing in Carlow
Sowing beans never looked so good! Paul Brennan of Skyfly Photography filmed the Brennan Brothers agri-contractors preparing a field to...
