grass weeds

Topping and spraying: Mid-summer weed control is needed

Dairy

Topping and spraying: Mid-summer weed control is needed

Weed control can often prove a difficult task at this time of the year as when grass growths really begin to get going, weeds can spring up

Tillage: The biology of blackgrass and ways to prevent it

Arable

Tillage: The biology of blackgrass and ways to prevent it

A combination of knowing the biology of blackgrass and effective stubble management, can serve to...

Tillage: The challenge of grass weeds in 2024

Arable

Tillage: The challenge of grass weeds in 2024

Grass weeds are a problem on almost all tillage farms in Ireland. Wild oats, bromes and annual meadow grass are the most common. However.....

CAFRE: Use stale seed beds to get on top of grass weeds

N.Ireland

CAFRE: Use stale seed beds to get on top of grass weeds

CAFRE agronomist Leigh McLean is advising the use of stale seed beds to get on top of grass weeds over the coming weeks.

Rat’s-tail fescue – another grass weed we don’t need

Arable

Rat’s-tail fescue – another grass weed we don’t need

Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue, a grass weed that is already posing problems in..