Arable
ADAS has launched a new crop rotation planning tool, aimed at helping growers assess the benefits and trade-offs before any cropping changes.
N.Ireland
A new AHDB-funded initiative will test whether growing a mixture of wheat varieties together can deliver better milling crops
Tillage farmers are entering the business time of the year, with key crop management decisions required for both winter and spring crops.
The head of Scottish Agronomy is calling for all crop inputs used within UK and Irish agriculture...
Agri-Business
Grange Machinery Ltd of Holderness is a company that focuses on less intensive cultivation, building implements that are designed...
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply....
Richard Owens has confirmed that the winter barley harvest in Northern Ireland is complete, with many growers now pushing winter wheat crops.
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors are confirming that the wet weather during much of March and April has made crop protection challenging.
It’s sometimes easy for any farmer to overlook very basic facts, one being that peas and beans are legumes.
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has confirmed that 80 farmers...
A leading Co. Down tillage farmer has confirmed that field beans are an extremely valuable break...
Dairy
Traditionally, the inclusion of field beans in ruminant diets is normally restricted due to the presence of ‘anti-nutritional substances’.
Spring beans work tremendously well as a break within a tillage rotation
Rural Life
Paul Brennan of Skyfly Photography filmed the Brennan Brothers agri-contractors sowing beans in February for Alexanders of Milford, Co. Carlow.
