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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 ...

Thomas Lonergan – Cahir, Co Tipperary It’s been a dry month in Tipperary. If more moisture doesn’t arrive in the coming weeks, crops may begin to suffer, explains Thomas. Spring sowing was completed two weeks ago and all crops have now emerged. The earlier sown barley crops are at the three leaf stage. With the exception of crow damage, emergence has been very good. Thomas applying the final split of nitrogen onto winter oats The barley crops have now received all of their nitrogen a...