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The Tillage Edge

The Tillage Edge is Teagasc"s weekly tillage podcast, presented by Michael Hennessy, bringing you weekly episodes covering the agronomy needs of crops throughout the season with input from Teagasc researchers and views from across the industry. The Tillage Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia.com

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23:08

Career Opportunities in the Tillage Industry

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/12/08

There are many different career paths people can take within the tillage industry, from tillage farming to all the way to becoming the CEO of large businesses. Barry Larkin, CEO of Acorn, joins Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to chat about his career to date and the varied journey he took to his current role. Barry started his education in UCD and then spent some time as an agronomist in Australia before returning to Ireland. Barry says that having crops’ knowledge

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17:09

Disease Control in Oilseed Rape

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/12/01

Despite the very wet weather over the past two months, winter oilseed rape has grown strongly but these conditions are also good for foliar disease development. Dr. Stephen Kildea joins the Tillage Edge podcast this week to talk about disease levels in oilseed rape and if control is necessary. Dr. Kildea encourages all growers to walk their fields to look for Phoma and Light Leaf Spot (LLS) and recommends if LLS is not visible to take some leaf samples put in a bag, leave in a warm

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20:22

The New CAP Regulations – Conditionality for Tillage...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/11/24

The new CAP starts in January 2023 and it brings with it new rules which farmers need to follow to receive their payments. Michael Moloney, from the Department of Agriculture, joins the Tillage Edge podcast to chat through some of the changes around conditionality, especially land management issues. Michael explains that, even though there are some new rules, most of the rules in the new CAP will be familiar to most farmers. Michael also points to the interaction of the Nitrate

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16:44

Controlling slugs in cereals

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/11/17

The wet autumn has slowed crop emergence and given soil pests such as slugs an upper hand to inflict damage on emerging crops and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist in Teagasc, discusses how to monitor numbers and deploy control measures where necessary. Ciaran explains that slug damage could come in a number of forms from grazing leaves, seed hollowing or cutting the emerging stem just below the ground. Ciaran recommends setting up slug traps and

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23:36

What you need to know about the DAFM Fertiliser...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/11/10

Tillage farmers will be required to register for the Fertiliser Database with the Department of Agriculture from January next year. Finbarr Regan from the Department of Agriculture talks to Michael Hennessy on the latest Tillage Edge podcast about how farmers will interact with the fertiliser register when buying fertilisers in 2023. Finbarr explains that all farmers purchasing fertiliser will be required to register their herd number on the database and will be required to give their

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19:40

Reduced potato yields with 30% still to be harvested

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/11/03

The weather through 2022 has adversely affected potato yields and a reduction of at least 15% is expected. The very wet weather has delayed harvest and more yield losses are expected from these unharvested crops. On the Tillage Edge this week Shay Phelan, a potato specialist in Teagasc, discusses how potato farmers are coping with the wet conditions and extremely high costs this year. Shay says that there is approximately 20-30% of the potato crop unharvested and higher field losses can

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18:56

Management of later sown winter cereals

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/10/27

Later sown crops that did not receive a pre-emergence herbicide present more challenges for growers to control grass weeds this autumn and Ciaran Collins, a Tillage Specialist, joined the Tillage Edge podcast to discuss how to manage these later sown crops over the coming months, including weed control options. Ciaran emphasises the importance of early control of annual meadow grass in winter barley as there are no options later in the season. Where a pre-emerge is not applied, then a

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20:57

The Pros & Cons of Converting to Organic

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/10/20

Ireland has a relatively small organic sector and the number of tillage farmers within this is smaller again, however there is now a sustained drive from the EU and the government to convert more farms to organic production and to grow this market. Martin Bourke is a specialist tillage, organic advisor with Teagasc and he joins Michael Hennessy on the latest Tillage Edge podcast to discuss some of the pros and cons of converting to an organic, tillage farm. Podcast SurveyIn order to

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21:24

Strategies to deal with the threat posed by aphids

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/10/14

Winter cereal plantings are continuing apace this week, albeit growers are grabbing every chance they have through the bands of rain every 2-3 days. Last year BYDV was a problem on many farms, and not only farms with early sown crops, but later sown crops in the south of the country were also badly affected in places. It’s important to understand when crops are most at risk and the best strategies to deal with this threat and so Dr Louise McNamara, an entomologist from Oak Park, joins

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24:24

Waterford farmer, Bill Shanahan, on the benefits of...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/10/06

Continuing a series of interviews with tillage farmers who are involved with the various programmes in Teagasc, on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Michael Hennessy finds out more about the Enable Conservation Tillage Project which enables farmers to embrace non-plough based tillage systems whilst at the same time cope with grass weeds that can emerge. Bill Shanahan, a farmer from Waterford, and his Teagasc ECT Project advisor, John Mahon, join Michael to discuss Bill’s experiences so

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20:13

The Crops Forum Part 2: Fertiliser Supply & Costs

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/09/29

Following on from the Crops Forum which was held recently, on this week’s episode of the Tillage Edge podcast, you’ll hear from moderator Andy Doyle discussing the issue of fertiliser supply and costs with Kieran McEvoy from the IFA, Clive Carter from IGG, as well as Donal Maloney from Tirlán, Enda McDonald from Grassland Agro, Bill Callanan from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Teagasc’s tillage specialist, Ciarán Collins. Podcast SurveyIn order to understand the

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21:16

The Crops Forum Part 1: the Financial Risks for the...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/09/22

The Crops Forum was held recently with an excellent line up and a very interesting discussion from a panel of experts across the country. And on this week’s episode of the Tillage Edge podcast, you’ll hear from moderator Andy Doyle discussing the financial risks of the year ahead with Kieran McEvoy from the IFA, Clive Carter from IGG, as well as Donal Maloney from Tirlán, Enda McDonald from Grassland Agro, Bill Callanan from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and

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18:23

Here’s how you can help shape the new pesticide...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/09/15

Application of pesticides is highly regulated but new rules are coming down the track which are being formulated by the EU at the moment and Anne Marie Dillon from the Department of Agriculture and the Marine joined Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to outline what is contained in these EU proposals. The areas of concern include: increased recording at farm level, reductions of PPPs by 50%, changes on how advice can be given by advisors and prohibitions on applying

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20:48

How this Meath Signpost farmer aims to minimise...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/09/08

Vincent Macken is a Tillage Signpost farmer in county Meath and along with his Teagasc advisor, Shane Kennedy, he joined Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to discuss sustainable farming in practice. Vincent said he is developing practices on the farm such as increasing the number of crops in the rotation and focusing on healthy soils both of which are helping to reduce inputs whilst also maintaining profitability. Shane Kennedy described some of the practices that

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23:08

Choose your herbicides carefully for weed control in...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/09/02

The dry soils are making oilseed rape weed control difficult and choosing the correct options will maximise control but also minimise crop effects. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Ciarán Collins, a tillage specialist in Teagasc, discusses the benefits and drawbacks from a number of different approaches. Ciarán explains that residual herbicides don’t work well in dry soils and growers should be cautious when using these herbicides when heavy rain is forecast. Ciarán also pointed out

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24:25

Is solar electricity a good option for tillage farmers?

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/08/26

Solar electricity from Photo Voltaic (PV) panels can be suitable for tillage farmers who are using a lot of energy such as potato or grain stores and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Barry Caslin, a Bioenergy Specialist in Teagasc, discusses how PV can be useful to tillage farmers. Barry explains that to get the best from these systems, self-use of the generated electricity will give the best paybacks. Barry also chats through figures on the capital outlay, expected outputs and

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29:57

Why oilseed rape is a good choice for 2023

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/08/18

Oilseed rape will give comparable margins in 2023 to winter wheat and is a crop worth consideration on most farms and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Shay Phelan and Dermot Forristal from Teagasc discuss the varieties, establishment methods and early crop management of oilseed rape. According to Shay, choosing a variety with high light leaf spot and pod shatter resistance is a good starting point but there are other traits which can be looked at including Phoma resistance or a

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27:28

UK harvest almost finished - the latest from...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/08/11

The Tillage Edge chatted to Andy Mahon, who is a farm manager in North Bedfordshire in the UK. Andy, originally from Dublin, is almost finished the harvest already. Andy said this has been the earliest, and easiest harvest he has ever been involved in. Crops developed earlier than normal through the spring and the lack of water has not helped yields. Andy said yields are 10% lower than the farm long term averages but the quality is excellent and he is hoping wheat crops will achieve

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29:01

Is stubble cultivation necessary on your farm this...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/08/04

Ted Massey, from the Nitrates Section at the Department of Agriculture, joined the Tillage Edge this week to discuss the new rules around stubble cultivation. These rules are intended to encourage plants to grow and mop up nitrogen, which could be leached to ground water. Ted chatted through a number of important clarifications to the rules and how farmers can best follow the rules at farm level.Ted said “We listened to the farming community and Teagasc and as a result the clarified rules

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25:22

Wheat yields down 43% - harvest update from Jim...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/07/28

Jim McCarthy joined the Tillage Edge podcast from Romania this week to give an update on the progress of his harvest and an overview of the harvest in his part of the world. Jim said that the lack of rainfall so far in the growing season has been compounded by recent prolonged high temperatures and as a result, wheat yields are 40% lower than normal. He also said he thinks the summer crops such as maize and sunflowers will be severely affected unless they get rain in the coming

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