National Crops Forum

Thursday, 11 September 2014

Date: 11 September 2014

Location: Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

The Teagasc Crops Forum focused on the technical challenges facing tillage farmers in 2014/15. In Session 1 the forum look at market trends, new varieties and rotation planning.

In session 2 the forum covered the upcoming CAP reform and what changes farmers could expect over the coming year. Greening was a particular highlight with crop diversification and Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) discussed in depth.

Presentations

• Rotations_and_Break_Crops_DF (2.5mb, .pdf)
  Dermot Forristal, John Carroll, Faisal Zahoor, Teagasc, Oak Park Crops Research
• CAP_2015_DAFM_BernieBrennan (2.5mb, .pdf)
  Bernie Brennan, DAFM
• CAP_Post2015_PaudEvans (4.6mb, pdf) Paud Evans, DAFM
• Grain_Market_Outlook_JamesNolan (1.1mb, pdf) James Nolan, R&H Hall
• Rotation_Planning_in_practice_JohnPettit (2.5, pdf) John Pettit, Teagasc
• Josephine_Brennan_DAFM(1.9mb, pdf) Josephine Brennan, DAFM