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Two self-propelled Case sprayers cover 100ha per hour when working. Farming 8,300ha roughly north-northeast of Esperance, Western Australia, Sam Defrenne described himself as a dryland farmer, with roughly 350mm of annual rainfall. He might normally get around 250mm during the growing season alone, but when ITLUS visited him in January 2020, he had received a total of 179mm for 2019, with inevitable consequences for crop yields. He is a crop farmer, growing mainly wheat, barley and canola or ...

Friday Friday will be a dry day, with widespread sunshine. Highest temperatures generally of 12°C to 16°C. By night, Friday will stay dry, with clear spells. Colder than recent nights, with lowest temperatures of 0°C to 3°C. Saturday Saturday will be another dry day, with good spells of sunshine. Highest temperatures of 10°C to 13°C, coolest along the north and east coasts due to a light north to northeast breeze. Saturday night will be dry with clear spells, but cloud will increase in th...

SHARING OPTIONS: It is important to get some fertiliser incorporated into the seedbed ahead of planting. \ Donal OLeary A variable week: Weather dominated what you could do on land over the past week as ground conditions continue to be variable because of either recent rain or heavier ground. Some growers are finished planting, others have some land that has remained too damp to work, while others got rained off yet again. Rainfall over the week varied fro...

SHARING OPTIONS: News of improving prospects for 2021 global grain supply seems to be a big factor in the weakening price sentiment. Futures prices continued a downward slide over the past week. The trend was exacerbated on Tuesday, especially in the US, with reports of improving crop conditions in the southern plains and in the Midwest. Kansas is the largest wheat-producing state in the US and 50% of its crop area was rated as good to excellent – an ome...

Hopefully we will see drills back out on fields again shortly. No spring yet: The past week put a halt to field work with between 1in and 2in of rain across the main tillage areas. Soil temperatures have begun to creep back up and are now generally between 8°C and 9°C across most of the country. This will help the crops that were sown in recent weeks and help to drive growth in winter cereals. Beans: Demand for bean seed is reported to be slow in parts of the country. There is still time to...

Philip Reck died following a workplace accident. The tragic news of the untimely accidental death of Philip Reck rocked the tillage world and his local community in Wexford earlier this week. Philip was a well-known employee of the Cooney Furlong Grain Company and was highly respected in tillage circles across the island. His loss will be deeply felt by colleagues in the company where his professionalism and organisational skills were important to the running of the farm and the business. He ...

After weeks of trending upwards, futures markets weakened somewhat over the past week. Futures prices eased back a bit across all markets in the past week, thus continuing a trend that began last week. Nothing much has changed, but neither was there anything to drive markets. Some international trading prices were back slightly, but most physical markets have held, especially for nearby positions. The change in sentiment has weakened new-crop prices somewhat though. EU exports have continue...

SHARING OPTIONS:   Industry view: the pressures facing tillage farmers In a discussion with Seedtech’s Tim O’Donovan, Andy Doyle considers the future of the tillage sector and the pressures it faces. How have land sales fared in 2021? Ahead of the launch of 2020 Land Report, property editor Paul Mooney gives an insight into how land sales have fared through COVID-19. From the Tramlines is back for 2021 The leading weekly tillage series From the Tramli...

Weekend weather: blustery showers to give way to settled conditions 2021-03-12

A murder investigation is under way after Martin Decker was found dead following a head injury.