Machinery
Would you buy a spray drone for over €800k?
By Chris McCullough Equipped with 33ft (10m) booms and a 110gal (500L) capacity tank, the new Sprayhawk drone is being...
Machinery
By Chris McCullough Equipped with 33ft (10m) booms and a 110gal (500L) capacity tank, the new Sprayhawk drone is being...
N.Ireland
A global genetic improvement consultancy has launched the world’s first sustainability index for plants to help reduce the environmental impact...
N.Ireland
Projected harvest yields at European level have been revised downwards for almost all combinable crops with weather extremes cited as...
Agri-Business
Global agricultural technology company Syngenta Group has reported sales of $14.5 billion in the first half of 2024 (H1 2024),...
N.Ireland
The census figures confirm that the area of winter oilseed rape (OSR) harvested in 2024 was approximately 5,000ha lower than...
Arable
Wiltshire Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information after criminal damage to crops in a field just outside Swindon,...
N.Ireland
Devastating flooding in Ireland and the UK between October 2023 and March 2024 was caused by “human-induced climate change” an...
Arable
Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has estimated that the production of wheat, barley, oats and oilseed...
N.Ireland
Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops...
Arable
A study co-authored by scientists at UNDO has found that enhanced rock weathering contributed to a 9.3-20.5% higher crop yield...
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers...
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has just published a crops update for Northern Ireland. It relates...
N.Ireland
Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field...
N.Ireland
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply...
N.Ireland
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
Agri-Business
The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of...
Environment
A new study published today (Wednesday, February 28) in the Journal of Applied Ecology has shown that bugs such as,...
Arable
The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage...