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Tillage management: Watching the weather to plant winter crops

Farmers will be trying to plant winter cereal crops in the coming days and weeks when weather allows.

HUSBANDRY 30 September 2026

Tillage management: Watching the weather to plant winter crops

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Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

Tillage management: seed orders, sowing rates and catch crop deadlines

HUSBANDRY 23 September 2026

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

HUSBANDRY 9 September 2026

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

Tillage Management: rain, moisture deficits, lists and oilseed rape

HUSBANDRY 2 September 2026

Catch crops deadlines fast approaching as oilseed rape planted

Catch crops deadlines fast approaching as oilseed rape planted

Catch crops deadlines fast approaching as oilseed rape planted

CROPS 30 August 2026

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Tillage Podcast: harvest estimates, potato management and imported oats

Tillage Podcast: harvest estimates, potato management and imported oats

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we go through the harvest estimates report, have interviews from the Haggard Stores potato open day and much more.

NEWS 12 August 2026

Tillage Management: oilseed rape, rain and whiskey rules

Tillage Management: oilseed rape, rain and whiskey rules

There are plenty of catch crops and oilseed rape to be planted in the coming days and there is some rain in the forecast.

HUSBANDRY 12 August 2026

ICSA calls for fodder transport and catch crop schemes

ICSA calls for fodder transport and catch crop schemes

More needs to be done to make it easier to transport and produce fodder over the coming months, the association has said.

NEWS 12 August 2026

'Screamingly obvious' there's already a fodder shortage - ICMSA

'Screamingly obvious' there's already a fodder shortage - ICMSA

The ICMSA is demanding that supports and logistics are put in place to move extra fodder in the west to affected areas in the east and south of Ireland.

NEWS 12 August 2026

Stretch fodder reserves to avoid empty pits this January - Teagasc

Stretch fodder reserves to avoid empty pits this January - Teagasc

The national fodder and feed security committee heard a strong call to action for drought-impacted farms, particularly in the south and east.

NEWS 12 August 2026

Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

Tillage Management: oilseed rape and crop planning

Farmers need to do their sums and make cropping plans accordingly before planting crops Siobhán Walsh.

HUSBANDRY 12 August 2026

Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

Having a good rotation on tillage farms is helping to provide farmers with better yields.

CROPS 12 August 2026

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Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

New grower-led network will foster collaboration, support emerging leaders and help attract the next generation of horticulture talent into the sector.

Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

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