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SHARING OPTIONS: Wesley Hatton from Kiltealy, Co Wexford with his son Ryan, niece Nikita and nephew Reece and sister Louise and newborn lambs. \ Patrick Browne The farm: “I was farming in partnership with my father Harry up until February of last year when he passed away. I am farming on my own here now. The farm is on Clonroche-type soil, it’s free draining soil, so we are lucky enough we can get out on land early. I sow 200 acres of tillage and this year I lambed down 210 ewes.” A helping hand: ”The ewes are Suffolk-cross. They scanned in at 1....

Planting spring barley after grass? 2021-03-10

March sees a start to spring at last 2021-03-04

Image source: Shane Casey With March now here, winter barley management and spring barley sowing will be to the fore of farmers’ minds over the coming weeks, according to Teagasc. John Galvin, Teagasc drystock and tillage advisor, Galway, offered advice on these two themes, highlighting that, at present – following a very wet January and February – land still remains unfit to travel and field work has to be put on hold until weather conditions improve. August and September of 2020 were dryer than previous years which gave greater opportunity for the sowing of winter crops, in particula...

There have been no new varieties added to the spring malting barley list. There have been no new varieties added to the spring malting barley list for 2021, which was released on 18 February. While malting barley growers may not receive a choice of variety, it is important to keep an eye on the agronomic traits to assist in management decisions throughout the season. Gangway, Laureate and RGT Planet remain the three varieties listed and there have been a few changes to agronomic and quality traits. Laureate and RGT Planet are now level on relative yield scores at 101, while Gangway is at 99.