Crops
Make every input count: adding to the bottom line
Professor Andrew McGuire from Washington State University joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to discuss how to assess the real value of crop inputs.
16 October 2025
If you use fertiliser – farm sensibly, spread lime
Chasing crop or grass yields but forgetting to spread lime? You could be leaving money behind. Dr. Veronica Nyhan, Soil and Plant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc, tells us more.
16 October 2025
Annual and rough-stalk meadow grass: the problem and the solution
Autumn residual herbicides remain effective against meadow grasses and help reduce ALS-resistance risk, but this strategy is increasingly under threat, writes Teagasc's Vijaya Bhaskar.
15 October 2025
Soil sampling – an integral tool for your farm
The starting point in nutrient management planning on farms, Anthony Dineen, Climate Action & Sustainability Advisor, Macroom, Co. Cork, looks at the many benefits that soil sampling brings.
13 October 2025
Digging into soil samples
Improving soils is important. On this episode of the Tillage Edge podcast, Dr. Veronica Nyhan explores how understanding the basics, from soil structure to nutrient interactions, can help you make lasting improvements.
9 October 2025
Winter barley and winter wheat cropping underway
With winter cropping underway, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Shay Phelan shares essential advice on establishing winter barley and wheat crops and provides a timely reminder on the importance aspects of pre-emergence herbicide applications.
9 October 2025
Facts and figures on 2024 cereal production
Collated and analysed by the Agricultural Economics and Farm Surveys Department in Teagasc, the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2024 Cereals Enterprise Factsheet showcases the average performance achieved on cereal enterprises in 2024.
9 October 2025
The stand-out practices on Don Somers’ tillage farm
Don Somers, a tillage farmer from Oylgate, Co. Wexford has won the overall Teagasc FBD Environmental Sustainability Award 2025.
2 October 2025
Tillage Edge: The benefits of pre-emergent herbicides
Planting of winter cereals is now underway, with good progress being made in the north-east, while things are moving a little slower in the south.
2 October 2025
Phosphorus and potassium in autumn – laying the groundwork for winter cereals
Good establishment is the foundation of a high yielding winter cereal crop. While nitrogen takes the spotlight in spring, it is phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) that do much of the heavy lifting during autumn and early growth, Crops Specialist at Teagasc, Ciaran Collins tells us more.
2 October 2025