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A welcome addition for disease control in wheat 2021-03-03

Grain in store continues to increase in value. Nearby grain positions in Europe took another jump early this week with MATIF March wheat closing Monday at €250/t, but closed Tuesday at €245/t. MATIF November maize seems to be steadier, hovering around the €188/t mark, but nearby maize closed at €228/t on Tuesday night. Oilseed rape has taken the biggest jump with May positions up from €460/t last week to close on Tuesday evening at €502.50/t, with August prices up from €417/t last...

  Met Éireann has just started providing a monthly forecast on its website. While this may seem like a dream come true for hay and silage makers, not to talk of holiday makers, it comes with an expected warning that it is likely to have low dependency the further out it gets. That said, Met Éireann indicates that “monthly forecasts can, at times, provide an insight into weather patterns in the month ahead. However, they should not be used for specific planning purposes, as they have gener...

SHARING OPTIONS: 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 ...

SHARING OPTIONS: Silage is being made for much of the year, with pits being emptied and filled at the same time. One of the impressive farms that we visited south of Parkes in New South Wales was Moxey Farms, a dairy farm business milking well over 10,000 cows. This very impressive integrated 8,800ha unit stood out in the countryside because it had access to irrigation water to produce fodder. The farmyard and dairy are located in the centre of the propert...

SHARING OPTIONS: Research in UCD and Teagasc is determining if old heritage varieties of oats show resistance to some of the diseases that cause yield loss for farmers today. Hot on the heels of the establishment of the Oats Ireland Forum last week, the crop is now set to benefit from a €2.7m research investment. The project, announced this week, will involve research in Ireland and Wales as part of a collaboration between University College Dublin, Tea...

  The Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) will host two webinars this week on Tuesday and Thursday night. Top of the agenda for Tuesday’s event is the new CAP and the much anticipated Straw Incorporation Scheme. Niall Ryan will speak from the Department of Agriculture, while Siobhán Walsh from the Irish Farmers Journal will speak on some of the advantages and challenges of straw incorporation. On Thursday night, the topic moves to the use of Irish grain for milling flour. Tim O’Donovan ...

Weekend weather: driving rain and sleet 2021-02-12

SHARING OPTIONS: The establishment of an all-island oats forum is good news for the future development of the crop and its potential. \ Donal OLeary A new Oats Ireland Forum is to be established for the island of Ireland to help steer research priorities for the years ahead. The crop, which once occupied around 900,000ha on the island, has dwindled to 25,000ha, but an increasing proportion of the crop is now subject to market premium. Unlike other cereals,...

Integration is the basis of survival 2021-02-08