The role of potash in maximising cereal yields has been profiled by a number of agencies to coincide with the 2024 autumn ...

As the seed sprouts and the plant grows, farmers continue to thin out the competition with cultivation, giving the seed the advantage. Over the centuries, farmers have recognized other benefits of ...

It may bring up dormant seeds buried in the soil, and bury other seeds for later retrieval. Tillage equipment may spread perennial plant parts throughout the field. In this way, a small patch can ...

There are various vertical tillage systems — conventional vertical tillage, one-pass-and-plant vertical tillage, no-till and strip-till. How do you decide which tillage system fits your ...

Plant into the best possible seedbed ... Conventional horizontal tillage: Manage clods and don’t let soil dry out. No-till: Spread residue uniformly behind the combine, manage field traffic ...

The Chairman of Wicklow IFA, Tom Byrne, has voiced his disappointment with the budget for the agricultural sector, having ...

Schminke plants a cover crop on 100% of the acres he farms. “We mainly do wheat or rye and we’ve also done hairy vetch, ...

Food reserves are at a low at this time, and the tillage is most effective. Once tillage begins, it should continue each time the plant reaches a height of about three inches, until freeze up. This ...