Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
More than 10,000 farmers have now applied for the latest round of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).
As of today (Wednesday, February 14), one in eight farmers have submitted an...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
An EAMU application for Lambdastar (lambda-cyhalothrin) use on spring linseed has been given approval by the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD).
The contact insecticide from Life Scientific can be used to target flax flea beetle in the crop. Premium...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The Summer Sizzler sale took place on Saturday (July 1) with some elite genetics on offer and a top price of 17,000gns achieved.
This is the third time the sale has taken place and this year, there were 53 lots from 25 vendors on offer.
Speaking to...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The Promise of Protein sale took place in Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Wednesday (June 21), offering farmers a chance to purchase some elite pedigrees.
A large crowd was present on the day and there was a strong trade from online purchasers too.
The sale...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
A 14-month-old pedigree Holstein Friesian bull achieved a record sale price at Kilrea Mart on Tuesday (May 2).
The bull was bred by Ronald McLean, and his sons Malcolm and Barry from Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone.
The record price of 9,000gns for the...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The Emerald Expo returned to the Virginia Show Centre in Co. Cavan for 2023, with breeders from across Ireland and Northern Ireland competing at the event.
The event marked the end of a busy week of events for the Irish Holstein Friesian Association...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
The 36th Black and White dairy sale took place on Saturday, December 3, at Borderway Mart in Carlisle, England.
The sale attracts buyers and sellers from across the world, with this year’s sale seeing buyers from six different countries.
Top price at...
Looks like more rapeseed and the same on wheat. Presumably barley area will suffer in the spring?
https://grainpricenews.com/2022/11/22/favourable-conditions-spur-growth-in-romanian-winter-crop-uk-rapeseed-sowings/
Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
Early sown cereal crops are at increasing risk of BYDV transmission from infective aphids, as mild conditions continue to encourage pest movement into crops.
This is according to advice from Syngenta, who says its BYDV Assist app is showing...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
An 11-month-old Jersey heifer calf was awarded supreme champion at the 19th Multi-Breed Dairy Calf Show, held at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.
The Sunset Canyon Andreas-sired heifer Treasure Andreas Fernleaf ET took the interbreed title after competing against...
This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...
We are done harvest and got some turnips to go in, its totally dry and no rain due but a job to get out the way.
With a lot of fingers crossed it got to rain at some point and least its on the ground.
What is a worry we have temps of 36c due this weekend, if drilled obviously shallow would the...
Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland
In this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland made the trip to the rowing stronghold of Skibbereen, west Cork, to Jerry Hegarty of the Mohoncross Holstein herd.
Jerry, alongside his wife and three children, Alice, Emily and Dermot, is currently milking 100...
This 'save the planet' Fuel came onto our forecourts today. Not compatible with older vehicles and any sort of Strimmer/ chainsaw/ Ride-on/Quad or anything that is an older model. E5, the old stuff will still be available for a while in some areas. No information on the Gov page. Going to email...
Laziness on my part, I left a ton of last years wheat in the bottom of a 20 ton kongskilde wooden drying bin. Started wheat other day and filled up the bin and put the fan on and loads of beetles or weevils have come out of the perforated side, little brown devils no more than 2mm length...
As part of Farm Compare, it has a basic lookup for crop protection products to allow you to lookup products and find equivalents. We get this data from the HSE.
What I didn't realise is how fast this data changes. over the past 17 months we have been monitoring the list, there have been 346...
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