Tillage
Delivering adequate potash to winter cover crops is crucial - PDA
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published a newsletter highlighting the nutritional requirements of winter cover crops and herbal leys....
Phosphate
Beef
Lime usage expected to double in coming years
It is envisaged that lime usage on Irish farms will double over the coming years. Moreover, this enhanced usage level...
Beef
Soil fertility levels 'tailing off' on Irish farmers - specialist
Johnstown-Castle-based, soil fertility specialist, Mark Plunkett, has been confirming the benefits of enhanced lime usage that has been recorded across...
Tillage
Potato growers must soil test to secure use of added phosphate
Teagasc has said that potato growers must soil test to secure the use of added phosphate fertiliser this year. Without...
Agri-Business
EuroChem opens $1bn phosphate fertiliser complex in Brazil
Switzerland-based fertiliser producer EuroChem has officially opened a new phosphate fertiliser production facility in Brazil. With a total investment of...
Dairy
P and K 'holiday' will reduce Irish soil fertility levels
Farmers opting to take phosphate and potash (P and K) holidays over recent years may well see this impact negatively...
Environment
Lime - cheapest and most effective soil conditioner
A leading Teagasc climate advisor has welcomed the significant upturn in agricultural lime usage recorded throughout Ireland over recent years....
Tillage
How farmers can plan for the tillage year ahead
Planning for the tillage year ahead is an obvious priority at this time for those farmers committed to growing crops....
Tillage
Advice: Making best use of organic manures and slurries
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) has recently compiled a series of guidelines, advising farmers on how they can make...
Tillage Technical
Tillage: Placed phosphate fertiliser on cereal seed beds
Adding placed phosphate fertiliser to seed beds at time of planting will help boost root development in newly established cereal...
Tillage
What is the value of magnesium as a nutrient source for crops?
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has updated its potash, phosphate and sulphur recommendations for cereal crops. It has also published...
Tillage Technical
Foliar feeding crops debate gathers momentum
Gloucestershire-based Emerald Research Ltd. (ERL) is the latest organisation to confirm the potential of foliar feeding crops. In this case...
Tillage
Tillage: The potential role for grain analysis
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has confirmed the value of grain analysis as a management tool within a tillage operation....
Tillage Technical
Analysis: Many arable soils in UK still too acidic
Analysis carried out by NRM Laboratories has confirmed that a significant proportion of arable soils in the UK are too...
Tillage
Grain analysis and soil talk after Agrii soils presentation
The latest updates from the Lemken: Agrii soils’ programme were delivered to a group of tillage farmers in Northern Ireland,...
N.Ireland
The value of spring potash applications
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is confirming that many farmers did not get fertiliser spread last autumn, due to the...
Tillage
Tillage: Phosphate versus phosphite
Potential phosphite fertilisers have recently been looked at as a source of plant phosphorous (P), given that phosphate can be...
Tillage Technical
Phosphate and potash application rates always crop dependent
Phosphate (P) and potash (K) do not follow the same principle as nitrogen (N) when determining the appropriate application rates....