N.Ireland
Winter barley coming in at 4.8t/ac in Co. Down
East Co. Down cereal grower, Allan Chambers, is confirming a yield of 4.8t/ac from the first of his 2024 winter...
Tillage
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index: Increased demand for dairy in June
The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar...
N.Ireland
Advice: Using a dock herbicide on red clover swards
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has granted two temporary herbicide licences for dock control purposes in...
N.Ireland
NH brings CR10 sibling to premium combine sector
Agritechnica 2023 saw New Holland launch its new flagship CR11 combine harvester which has now been joined by a slightly...
Arable
UK winter wheat crops in a very poor state – AHDB
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across...
N.Ireland
35% of maincrop potato area now planted
Approximately 35% of the 2024 maincrop potato area has now been planted out, according to Wilson’s Country agronomist, Stuart Meredith....
N.Ireland
Spring planting now well underway in south Antrim
The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural...
Arable
Study: Sensors could give early warning of beetles in oilseed rape
Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring beetle numbers arriving in oilseed rape fields, according...
N.Ireland
Crop monitoring report: Wet weather hampering Irish crops
Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops...
Arable
Potato industry entering new era of blight management
The Irish potato industry looks set to enter a new era of blight management as it approaches the 2024 growing...
Arable
Research: Azole fungicides less effective against some disease
Azole fungicides are becoming less effective in the fight against phoma leaf spot and stem canker in crops of oilseed...
N.Ireland
Little winter crop sown on farms – CAFRE
Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise...
Arable
Project to fast-track impact of potato breeding programmes
Gene editing, under the auspices of a new research project, looks set to fast-track the impact of potato breeding programmes....
Arable
Tillage: Reducing threat of mycotoxins within cereal crops
Ongoing Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at ways of reducing the threat of mycotoxins within cereal crops....
N.Ireland
AHDB confirms future increase for UK wheat prices
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed a strengthening for the future of UK wheat prices. By last...
N.Ireland
The role of biostimulants within production agriculture
Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to...
Machinery
AGCO’s Ideal 7 gets seven cylinders in latest upgrade
Amongst the avalanche of news emerging from Agritechnica last autumn, upgrades to AGCO’s own top end Ideal combine range went...
Arable
Potassium availability linked to moisture content of soils
According to a soil specialist based at the University of Adelaide in Australia, potassium (K) availability is linked to the...
