Environment
Changes to nitrates programme
A review of Ireland’s 2nd Nitrates Action Programme has concluded and a revised third programme has been finalised, according to an...
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Arable
New insights into maximising crop yields
Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop growing altogether in response to adverse conditions, such as water shortage or...
Agri-Business
World food prices in 2013 third highest on record
For the year just gone by the 2013 the World food Price Index averaged 209.9 points, the third highest annual value on...
Arable
2013 great year for global grain production
2013 was a favourable year for grain production in all the major grain-growing regions of the world, according to Teagasc....
Arable
Yield potential of winter cereals remains high – despite the wet weather
Teagasc’s head of agronomy John Spink has told AgriLand that only cereal crops that have been in standing water for...
Arable
Winter cereals
The View from Northern Ireland: Following a good autumn most winter cereal crops are well established with the exception of late...
Agri-Business
Looking forward to a prosperous 2014
Agriland does not like odd numbers – so on that basis alone, let’s wish a cheerful goodbye to 2013 and...
Agri-Business
Food security and bio-diversity
An increasing number of plant species are under threat from the demands being put on agriculture to produce more food...
Arable
Lilywhites' scoop Glanbia grain award
Glanbia Agribusiness honoured its top-quality grain growers at an awards ceremony in Portlaoise today. Kildare tillage farmers Olwyn and Liam...
Arable
High grain quality key highlight in harvest 2013
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released data on the Irish grain harvest of 2013. Of note was the reduction in...
Arable
In the limelight: Ground conditions ideal for liming
Farmers around the country are taking advantage of the unseasonably dry weather and getting lime spread. Ground conditions across regions...
Arable
Soil testing shows value
The View from Teagasc: The demise of the sugar beet crop led many farmers to move from crop rotation to cereal monoculture. Soil...
Arable
Winter oilseed rape management
The View from Teagasc: Crops are very well established this year as many crops are knee high with full ground cover. Where...
Rural Life
Inch House: Every Inch counts
AgriLand talks to Máirin Egan about Inch House, a busy family operation that embodies the term ‘multitasking’. Inch House was...
Other
Renewed sense of optimism among pig producers
COMMENT: There was a renewed sense of optimism among pig producers at this year’s Pig Farmers Conference, which was held...
Arable
'Barley crops affected by disease found on common wild grass'
A major fungal pathogen that affects barley crops is also present on a common wild grass, according to a new...
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet: Fieldstown Farm
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland. Each...
Arable
Tillage think-in: Variety trials, maximising profit, grain market outlook
More than 350 people across Ireland attended the Teagasc-organised National Tillage Crops Forum 2013 in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge,...
