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Tillage Podcast: on the combine in Tipperary as grain prices fall

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we chat to tillage farmer Ger O’Meara and have a round-up of harvest results.

NEWS 30 July 2026

Tillage Podcast: on the combine in Tipperary as grain prices fall

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Earliest spring barley harvest ever on this Tipperary Farm

Earliest spring barley harvest ever on this Tipperary Farm

CROPS 29 July 2026

Early harvest continues with wheat, rye and spring barley

Early harvest continues with wheat, rye and spring barley

NEWS 29 July 2026

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

MARKETS 29 July 2026

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

HUSBANDRY 29 July 2026

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Retrofit pre-chop gives old Hesston a fresh edge

Retrofit pre-chop gives old Hesston a fresh edge

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Wexford brothers Eoin and Richard Rochford to find out how they retrofitted a chopper off a New Holland TX 36 combine to a Hesston 4910 large square baler.

FARM MACHINERY 23 July 2026

Impressive oilseed rape and a GPS theft

Impressive oilseed rape and a GPS theft

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Dublin, Cork and Tyrone, as the harvest progresses in dry conditions.

CROPS 23 July 2026

IFA encourages farmers to use Irish grain to stretch fodder during drought

IFA encourages farmers to use Irish grain to stretch fodder during drought

The IFA has put Irish feed options in front of its council to encourage the use of Irish ingredients in current dry conditions where grass is short.

NEWS 23 July 2026

Reminder: trailer numbers mandatory for 2026 harvest

Reminder: trailer numbers mandatory for 2026 harvest

If you are drawing grain this harvest and are part of the Irish Grain Assurance Scheme, then you need trailer numbers on your grain trailers.

HUSBANDRY 23 July 2026

Identification guide: look out for grass weeds this harvest

Identification guide: look out for grass weeds this harvest

Identifying, controlling and mapping grass weeds is a very important job on tillage farms. Carry a notebook on the combine.

CROPS 23 July 2026

Oilseed rape harvest under way in Dromahane

Oilseed rape harvest under way in Dromahane

William Hegarty harvests LG Auckland oilseed rape for Hegarty Agri at Dromahane, Co Cork, alongside young Danny and Pat Hegarty. The crop yielded just over 2t/ac at 8% moisture.

CROPS 23 July 2026

Tillage Podcast: win €250 fuel voucher in 250th episode

Tillage Podcast: win €250 fuel voucher in 250th episode

This week’s show is a special episode to celebrate 250 episodes of the Irish Farmers Journal’s Tillage Podcast.

NEWS 23 July 2026

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