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There are plenty of tillage webinars taking place this week to tune into from the tractor
The coming week will be an action-packed one for tillage webinars. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly a year ago, conference organisers have had to adapt considerably.
As a result, growers are now spoilt for choice when it comes to tillage conferences. As spring kicks into gear this week, there are multiple online conferences taking place which will be worth tuning into.
Below is a rundown of the main conferences taking place this week:
Teagasc crop agronomy webinar - 2 March 11.30am
Continuing their run of crop online events, Teagasc are holding their first of a series of crop agronomy webinars on Tuesday March 2 at 11:30am.
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This land in NSW had been grazed bare by the sheep and the drought made farming very difficult.
How quickly time passes. It is already almost a year since the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society (ITLUS) tour across three states in Australia, specifically Western Australia (WA), New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD).
There were many things that stood out from the experiences of the trip and I will bring some of these to you online in the coming weeks.
Farmers attitudes
One of them was unquestionably the attitude of the people and the farmers.
The glass always seemed to be half full and there was a level of pragmatism about the future and its possible consequences.
There are big changes on the way for the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Irish Tillage and Land Use Society (ITLUS) conference took place online this year due to Covid-19 restrictions. The focus of the event was the key changes in the next CAP and the new nitrates regulations.
While “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”, we now have a good indication of some of the big changes coming in the next CAP, explained Francis Morrin of the Department of Agriculture.
Participation in these schemes is not mandatory
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is changing to the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS). The number of each farmer’s entitlements is due to remain the same, but the value of each entitlement will be adjusted to match the new funding ceiling.