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O’Sullivan calls for funds and balance on pesticides regulations
Siobhán Walsh
The Irish Farmers Journal met with Grace O’Sullivan last week in Brussels. The Green Party MEP is calling for funds to incentivise improved plant protection product use.
28 May 2023 News
Pesticides: Amenity use cuts and rewarding lower use
Colm Markey has said that the focus of pesticide reduction targets should be on amenity and domestic use.
25 May 2023 News
Tillage Podcast: pesticides and politics - reporting from Brussels
On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we’re reporting from Brussels and talk field work back home and low grain prices.
Accompany the Agronomist: sowing, spraying and minding stressed crops
Last Thursday, the Irish Farmers Journal headed to Wexford to walk crops with George Blackburn of Cooney Furlong Grain as part of the Accompany the Agronomist series.
24 May 2023 News
Grain Trends: Matif below €230/t with generally good crop reports forecast
Crop reports are generally good and, at present, supply does not look like an issue in grain markets. Prices moved down again over the last few days.
24 May 2023 Markets
Wheat prices hit low of €245/t
Grain prices have been on a downward trend and hit a low this week, one year on from when they reached a peak.
24 May 2023 News
Tillage Management: Disease, beet sprays and BISS applications
Drier weather is helping to slow down disease in crops, but it’s busy for tillage farmers. BISS applications should be a priority this week.
24 May 2023 Crops
Tillage TAMS now open for applications
The Tillage Capital Investment Scheme is now open for applications. Applicants will be eager to submit their paperwork, as the scheme is one of the last to open.
23 May 2023 News
Save the date for Crops and cover crop cultivations this June
There will be all sorts of machinery on display and we'll talk seedbeds, cultivation methods and all things cover crops on the day.
21 May 2023 News
Tillage Podcast: walking crops in Co Wexford
Hear how crops are looking in Co Wexford, as well as all the latest tillage news and what’s in this week’s paper.
18 May 2023 News
Nitrogen fertiliser sales back 56%
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has released fertiliser sales figures from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023.
17 May 2023 Climate and environment
Grain Trends: no big changes as record crops forecast
Prices peaked on Monday, but dropped back down the next day. The latest report points towards increased production.
17 May 2023 Markets