N.Ireland
‘60% of targeted winter cereal planting achieved in NI’ – agronomist
Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field...
N.Ireland
Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field...
N.Ireland
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
Arable
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
N.Ireland
Agricultural contractor, Darren Russell, is confirming that umbilical systems come into their own during the early weeks of the slurry...
N.Ireland
Last year was more of a septoria year than a yellow rust year for winter wheat but what could 2024...
Arable
Getting the early agronomy of winter crops right is crucial a recent tillage conference heard. Seedtech director, Dr. Tim O’Donovan,...
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published the provisional results from it’s ‘Early Bird’ planting survey for autumn...
N.Ireland
The latest edition of the Tillage Edge podcast addresses the impact of the very wet autumn season on tillage farms...
N.Ireland
The dry spell at the end of September and early October allowed contractor, Darren Russell, to plant a 20ac crop...
N.Ireland
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new...
Arable
According to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the winter wheat harvest in Great Britain is starting to pick...
N.Ireland
Co. Down agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete with many growers...
N.Ireland
Co. Down cereal grower Allan Chambers has confirmed that 90% of Northern Ireland’s winter barley crop has yet to be...
Arable
It’s that time of year when cereal growers will start to consider what new seed varieties are available for the...
N.Ireland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that 85% of Great Britain’s winter wheat crop was in good/excellent...
N.Ireland
Some winter barley crops are at a high risk of lodging, if the weather turns wet between now and harvest....
N.Ireland
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors are confirming that the wet weather during much of March and...
N.Ireland
Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in the UK and Ireland....