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‘It pays to check your machinery before harvest’
Angus Woods: Many farmers are paying the price for believing 2022 figures would be the new normal
Robin Talbot: I just couldn’t follow the logic of Minister McConalogue’s thinking in scrapping Straw Incorporation Scheme
Richard Hackett: Good riddance to the Straw Incorporation Measure – of its many flaws, the greatest was destabilising precious relationships between farming sectors
Farmers to get straw chopping payments without chopping straw amid backlash
Tillage farmers unite to demand urgent reversal of straw chopping scheme suspension
Tips for building your soil resilience – it’s getting even more important as our climate changes
Eastern Europe's Scorching Summer Damages Corn Prospects
Andrew Bergin: Heavy-handed regulation is making cover crops a non-runner
Why this Limerick catering company boss bought a farm to boost his business
PJ Phelan: Everything you need to know about cover/catch crops
Why are potatoes on our supermarket shelves so poor right now? Top agronomist says this could be a long-term problem
How to step up the fight against grass weeds
Why the straw chopping scheme is one of the Department’s best ever initiatives...
EU Black Sea Wheat Cheaper Than Rivals' Due to Bumper Harvests
How you can help these beetles help your farm
China's waning appetite for grain spells danger for world market
France may see worst wheat damage in years due to non-stop rain
PJ Phelan: Take-all could be a big problem this year – here’s how to fight it
Richard Hackett: Potato buyers could kill the sector if they drop prices too steeply
Tips for cost-efficient disease control in spring crops
Pros outweigh cons for min-till – despite my struggles to establish spring crops
Russia clinches more grain control just as wheat prices spike
€60m needed annually for tillage sector, according to Food Vision 2030 Group Report
Why this Wexford farmer is still committed to min-till despite weather ‘disaster’
‘There’s no reason why every town in Ireland shouldn’t be growing food for the local community’
Why this is not the year to cut back on inputs
Weather and war straining world’s wheat supplies
How this Wexford couple run a successful, sustainable farm business on half an acre
Angus Woods: Tillage farmers are treated as the poor relation – even by their own co-op
Richard Hackett: How the spirit of Food Vision for Tillage can save our sector
Cereal production fell by 20.9pc in 2023
Oats, beans and peas all worth considering as spring drilling finally starts
Act now to combat grass weeds – or they could put you out of business
How this couple quit their desk jobs to set up a coffee-roasting and vegetable-growing business on a Sligo sheep farm
Darragh McCullough: Try these non-token ways to help our struggling tillage sector
Angus Woods: I’m a big fan of cover crops – but I regret selecting them as an ACRES option
€100/ha payment is a sticking plaster when tillage sector needs surgery
€100/ha for farmers who plant crops this year - Minister
Landowners must cut tenant farmers some slack at this difficult time
Angus Woods: Putting a figure on cost of bad weather will help farmers push for financial supports
Richard Hackett: Rooster is now unsuitable for a sustainable potato sector
Bees vs. drones: How tech is tackling crop pollination
‘You’re forcing farmers who are working hard off their own land’ — meet the North Dublin vegetable growers forced to pay up to €60k in tax, or sell their farms
Late sowing will add to risks for crops – Teagasc
Why tillage farmers are sticking to Plan A for now — with beans a hot topic
‘Rooster potatoes will be scarce by June,’ say farmers ‘praying’ for no rain
Tips for dealing with rain-disrupted crops and plans
Can you cut your P and K bills without affecting yield? It all hinges on soil indices and staying within the rules
Richard Hackett: Why other farm sectors can’t afford to let Irish tillage wither
When this Kildare farmer’s car broke down on the other side of the world, his life changed forever
China buys hefty amount of foreign grain as global prices slump
Why you should sow beans this year
Beware the grass weed risk when you take in dairy slurry
How a farm tour to Austria underlined the pros and cons of being an island nation
We need to accept that food production comes with level of nitrate water pollution – Teagasc
Why mandatory reduced pesticide usage is bad for consumers, bad for the environment and bad for farmers
Why this Mullingar farmer switched from dairy to growing feed for organic livestock
Soybeans Headed for Longest Weekly Losing Stretch Since 2006
Richard Hackett: How to make serious savings when sowing without impacting yield
EU Withdraws Push to Cut Pesticide Use After Farmer Protests
‘We are being walked over’ — tillage farmers angry over dairy expansion
Why decisions on whether to stick with your current crop should be based on economics, not your neighbour
After an ‘abomination’ of a year, tillage farmers ask: what should we do now?
How this Wexford farmer is making up for a difficult autumn
McConalogue announces €14.3 million support package for tillage sector
Andrew Bergin: Why it’s always worth talking through our problems with our peers
Angus Woods: It’s in livestock farmers’ interests to support better payments for tillage sector
PJ Phelan: Why beef/sheep farmers should partner up with tillage farmers and plant crops
Farmers asked to report bogus seed offers
‘We need to address fears over weed burden if we want more tillage farmers to convert to organic’
EU's eastern members demand import duties on Ukraine grains
Richard Hackett: The pros and cons of late-sowing winter cereal
Plan your spring crops ASAP – and why you need to tell your merchant
PJ Phelan: Why less intensive livestock farmers should provide 20-30pc of their land for tillage
Why this electro music legend sold the rights to his songs to become a farmer
Ukraine's Lost Crops: An 8 million-ton black hole in world stats
Putting more land in tillage would solve a lot of our problems
Ukrainian sugar rush has EU producers fretting over prices
Spud prices soar in EU as fields too wet for harvest
How to make up the lost ground of unsown autumn crops
‘It could be half of last year’s yield’ – how this has been the toughest year ever for this North Dublin sprout grower
How these Sligo friends left their jobs to start producing their own food
Andrew Bergin: Why results-based schemes are the best way to help the environment
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