From the Tramlines: gates nearly closed on winter barley
James Robinson Newtown- cunningham, Donegal It continues to be a wet spring in Donegal. Around 91mm of rain fell on James’s farm over the past month with just a few dry days. Ground conditions have been poor and he has had to pick and choose when he sprays. “It’s been a difficult spring for getting spray timings right,” he says. Jamess early-sown spring barley is coming along well. Crops are well behind where they were this time last year on account of the colder weather, according to ...
Source: farmersjournal.ie