Oilseed rape

Tillage Podcast: harvest, oats, oilseed rape and the straw budget

This week’s show is busy with a harvest report and also features information on oilseed rape varieties.

NEWS 13 August 2026

Tillage Podcast: harvest, oats, oilseed rape and the straw budget

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Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

Home Farm: the ground is too hard to plough

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Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

Rotation, rotation, rotation - an essential tool

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Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

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Drought hitting crops on light land

Drought hitting crops on light land

Drought hitting crops on light land

CROPS 5 August 2026

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Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

Home Farm: harvest done and dusted

The straw yields from the wheat were also marginally less than what I would have normally expected.

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Grain Trends: markets fall with oil and sellers

Grain Trends: markets fall with oil and sellers

Grain markets fell this week, as traders took profits and oil prices fell, while crops were reported to be in good condition in the US.

MARKETS 22 July 2026

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Grain Trends: prices drop, but have gained

Prices dropped back from a peak last week, but have held on to some of the gains from the past few weeks.

MARKETS 22 July 2026

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Tillage management: harvest continues, planning underway for next season

Harvest continues, but farmers do have to make decisions now that will affect what they grow in 2027 and need to be thinking of their cropping plan.

HUSBANDRY 22 July 2026

Farmer Writes: is this one of the great summers of our time?

Farmer Writes: is this one of the great summers of our time?

The summers of 1976 and 1977 were very hot and I have vivid memories of replacing a fan belt on the New Holland 1540S combine in unbearable heat.

FARMER WRITES 22 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 22 July 2026

Extremely early spring barley harvest in dry weather

Extremely early spring barley harvest in dry weather

Winter wheat and winter oilseed rape are being harvested across the country, while the spring barley harvest has also started.

NEWS 22 July 2026

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