Tillage management

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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Weekend weather: scattered showers for weekend and highs of 19°C

Weekend weather: scattered showers for weekend and highs of 19°C

NEWS 25 September 2026

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: rye, seed orders and beetles

Tillage Management: rye, seed orders and beetles

Tillage Management: rye, seed orders and beetles

HUSBANDRY 16 September 2026

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

Tillage Management: sowing, seed and stubbles

HUSBANDRY 9 September 2026

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

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

There’s sowing to be done on tillage farms and there is plenty of rain in the forecast which will make it difficult to get oilseed rape in the ground.

HUSBANDRY 5 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 5 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 5 August 2026

Test your weeds for herbicide resistance for free

Test your weeds for herbicide resistance for free

This year is the last year that farmers will be able to send their weed samples off for free testing without a referral.

NEWS 5 August 2026

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage management: harvesting, planting and early beans

Tillage farmers are busy harvesting crops and preparing to plant cover crops and oilseed rape on farms.

HUSBANDRY 5 August 2026

Weekend weather: warm start before rain arrives

Weekend weather: warm start before rain arrives

Met Éireann is forecasting a largely dry Friday with highs of 24°C before wetter conditions develop over the weekend, particularly in the northwest.

NEWS 5 August 2026

Tillage Management: harvest, straw and planting catch crops

Tillage Management: harvest, straw and planting catch crops

Tillage farmers are busy at present from harvesting and baling to planting catch crops in some places after rain arrived.

HUSBANDRY 5 August 2026

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