The Tillage Edge

Oct 31 2024 236 ep. 21 mins 29
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The Tillage Edge is Teagasc's weekly tillage podcast, presented by Michael Hennessy, bringing you weekly episodes covering the agronomy needs of crops throughout the season with input from Teagasc researchers and views from across the industry. The Tillage Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com

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Post-emergence herbicide options for winter cereals

Oct 31 2024 15 mins  
Over recent weeks, most farmers have had the opportunity to plant winter crops, with many crops well emerged. Ciaran Collins, a tillage specialist, and Vijaya Bhaskar, a weed researcher from Teagasc, join the Tillage Edge podcast this week to discuss the best options for effective pre and post emergence weed control in winter cereals. Ciaran emphasises that controlling grass weed

The best strategies for controlling BYDV in winter cereals

Oct 23 2024 18 mins  
With many crops just starting to emerge, it's time to think about protecting them from BYDV, or Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. Dr. Louise McNamara, an entomologist from Teagasc, joins this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss the best strategies for controlling BYDV in winter cereals. Louise emphasises that monitoring for aphids is key to any Integrated Pest Management approach. However,

Grain Markets: Global Challenges and Supply Outlook with James Nolan

Oct 16 2024 16 mins  
With harvest complete, farmers now have a clear understanding of the grain they have available for sale. While many have already sold their grain in forward market positions, others are considering deferring sales for several weeks or months. James Nolan, a grain trader at Barnett-Hall, is on this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss the current market outlook and what farmers should

The Department of Agriculture Fertiliser Register – the actions you need to take

Oct 10 2024 22 mins  
The Department of Agriculture now has a full view of all nutrients imported onto tillage farms and this week on the Tillage Edge, Pat Murphy, Head of Environmental Knowledge Transfer in Teagasc, goes through what this means for farmers. Pat explains that all chemical fertilisers bought and organic manures imported onto a farm are reported to the Department of Agriculture and the c

Pre-emerge herbicides will give you better weed control

Oct 02 2024 17 mins  
Weed control in winter cereals is essential to protect yields and to prevent weed seed return and on this week’s Tillage Edge, Shay Phelan and Ciaran Collins, Tillage Specialists at Teagasc, chat through the reasons to prioritise pre-emerge herbicide applications in winter wheat and winter barley. Shay says there is some flexibility in the pre-emerge application timing, however t

Select the varieties which best suit your farm

Sep 26 2024 25 mins  
As planting season begins, the choice of crop varieties will shape the management practices for the year ahead. Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, Tillage Specialists at Teagasc, are on this week’s Tillage Edge to discuss the key factors in selecting varieties and why certain ones may be more suitable. Ciaran advises that for larger acreages, a mix of varieties is crucial. He sugge

Comparison of Crop Establishment Techniques for Growers

Sep 19 2024 13 mins  
This week on The Tillage Edge podcast, we’re circling back to the National Tillage Conference from earlier this year and focusing on the trade-offs of establishment systems with Jack Jameson, as well as the growing problem of weeds, particularly poppies, with Charlotte Morgan. For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops

Assessing soils is the best route to healthier soils

Sep 11 2024 20 mins  
Correctly structured healthy soils will deliver better returns for farmers and on this week’s Tillage Edge, Dr Veronica Nyhan, a soil and plant nutrition specialist in Teagasc, joins the podcast to discuss why it is necessary to carry out regular soil assessments and how the results can be used to correct any deficits. Veronica explains that a test dig can take about 20 minutes t

Harvest results from around the country

Sep 04 2024 22 mins  
There is a good proportion of the harvest completed and this week on The Tillage Edge podcast, Teagasc Tillage Advisors, Ciara O’Donovan, Conor O’Callaghan and John Pettit report on the yields in their areas to date with all three reporting good yields from spring barley along with reasonable straw yields. There was agreement that winter cereal and winter oilseed rape yields we

Mixed harvest results from Poland and the UK

Aug 28 2024 26 mins  
Tim Bergin, a Dublin man farming in Poland, and Andy Mahon, a Dubliner who manages a farm in the UK, join the Tillage Edge this week to chat about their respective harvests with contrasting reports of a very difficult year in the UK and a year full of promise from Poland. In Poland, Tim explains that yields were reasonably good and harvest was straightforward to complete with all g