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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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14:05

Harvest 2022: the progress so far

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/07/21

The harvest so far has been a mixed affair with relatively poor winter barley yields across the country. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, John Pettit and Conor Kavanagh, both Teagasc tillage advisors, discuss the results so far from the south east and the south of the country. Conor says the poor winter barley yields are probably a combination of earlier drilling which increased the levels of BYDV and take all. Yields were very poor in crops that had high levels of BYDV. Farmers in

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19:54

The combine harvester settings to harvest crops more...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/07/14

Shay Phelan talks to Dermot Forristal and Brendan Burke from Oak Park on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to discuss combine harvester settings to ensure that crops are harvested as efficiently as possible. Both Dermot and Brendan emphasise the need to adjust the setting to take account of the crop and the harvesting conditions to get a good sample and to reduce losses. Both also discuss how to reduce compaction on soils during harvest which may have long term consequences for fields,

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16:35

How to control potato blight

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/07/07

Dr. Steven Kildea joins Shay Phelan on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to talk about potato blight. Steven describes the conditions that favour the development of blight in a crop and also how to control the fungus. Steven also discusses how a new strain of blight has been found in Ireland which has resistance to one of the popular fungicides used both commercially and by hobby growers. For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go

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21:33

The Value of Straw in 2022

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/06/30

Input prices have skyrocketed but at the same time the value of outputs have also increased. The value of chemical P and K has doubled, therefore the value of the P and K in straw has also doubled. On the latest Tillage Edge podcast, Mark Plunkett and Dermot Forristal from Teagasc, discuss the value of straw and how best to incorporate straw this year. Dermot also chats about the best techniques to incorporate straw and where a tine cultivator can work better than disc cultivators. He

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21:12

Is a record harvest on the cards?

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/06/23

Ciarán Collins and Shay Phelan, both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc, joined Michael Hennessy on the latest Tillage Edge podcast to discuss how crops have developed over the season and to look forward to the harvest. They both touched on the major features of the season and pointed to the generally low disease pressure this year and agree that, given where crops are at the moment, there is excellent yield potential in all crops. Shay also discussed oilseed rape desiccation from assessment

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21:11

Successfully managing grassweeds in tillage

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/06/17

Grassweeds in tillage crops are becoming more common but John Mahon,Teagasc ECT advisor, is on this week’s episode of the Tillage Edge podcast and says that any grass weed population can be successfully managed. John says farmers should take a zero tolerance approach to weeds such as blackgrass and ryegrass as these weeds are hugely prolific seed producers and are hard to eliminate if they become established. There are a number of herbicides, which form part of the control measures, but

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22:06

BYDV - how bad is it this year?

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/06/09

This year BYDV is evident in both winter and spring crops despite many farmers’ best efforts trying to control aphids which spread the virus. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Dr Louise McNamara, an entomologist from Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow discussed the virus spread and what makes this year different to other years. Yield reduction in crops is likely where there is a large BYDV infection but Louise said that the extent of the yield loss depends on how early the crop was infected and

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33:44

A new prediction tool for Potato Blight spread

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/06/02

Potato blight can be every bit as damaging in 2022 as it was in 1845. Blight is a devastating organism but relatively predictable as it needs specific conditions to develop during the growing season.This week’s Tillage Edge podcast is joined by Dr Stephen Kildea, a researcher in Teagasc and Klara Finkele, Head of Agricultural Meteorology at Met Éireann, to discuss how the potato blight forecasting has developed over the past number of years and how it can help farmers in 2022. Stephen

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29:29

Controlling foliar disease in crops

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/05/26

‘A wet and windy May fills the barn with corn and hay’ is a saying that all growers are aware of and hope will come true this year. However, wet conditions in May bring their own problems with increased foliar diseases and Dr. Steven Kildea joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to discuss the progress of disease control in crops so far this year Steven said that despite commercial crops looking relatively clean, many of the untreated crops in Oak Park have moderate to high levels of

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26:01

A Preview of the World Potato Congress in Ireland

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/05/19

Ireland will host the World Potato Congress on May 30th to June 2nd in the RDS, Dublin and this week’s Tillage Edge podcast previews the event with Liam Glennon of the Irish Potato Federation and Denis Griffin from Teagasc who are the main drivers in organising the congress. A worldwide audience is expected with delegates coming from Australia, America, Africa and across Asia. The congress will have a commercial focus but delegates will also hear about the most up to date research in

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28:40

Insights on the Current Global Grain Market

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/05/12

Phelim Dolan from Comex McKinnon joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to talk about the current grain market and the prospects for the coming months. Phelim talks about the pressures on grain supply before the war in Ukraine started and the current effect of the war on prices now. Looking forward, Phelim pointed to the crisis in some sectors due to very expensive grain and a strong possibility of a global recession, which is predicted for the latter half of 2022 into 2023 which

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32:29

Update from Jim McCarthy in Romania on spring crop...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/05/05

Irish farmer in Romania, Jim McCarthy, re-joins Michael Hennessy on the Tillage Edge podcast this week to discuss the continued effects of the Ukrainian conflict on the local people in Romania and also on his farm business there. Jim first explained that his efforts in helping refugees has decreased due to the superb organisation and support coming from the Romanian government. Jim has good information on the planting and prospects for Ukrainian harvests, with fuel a major concern for

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18:05

Polish farming update with Tim Bergin

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/04/28

The latest Tillage Edge podcast catches up again with Tim Bergin who is a Dubliner farming in north Poland. Tim talks about how the conflict in Ukraine has affected his business and the locality. Despite being over 1,000 km from the Ukraine border, there are substantial numbers of Ukrainians in the locality and Tim commented that the Polish government is doing an excellent job catering for these displaced people. Tim said the dry and cold weather to date has reduced growth and crops

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31:29

Crop Update and action to be completed in crops now

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/04/21

Crops are racing through their growth stages and many crops require critical inputs to ensure they reach their yield potential. Ciarán Collins and Shay Phelan, who are both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc, joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to discuss the crop management actions needed on farms in the coming weeks. Ciarán commented that winter barley is at the ideal growth stage to apply a growth regulation and growers should assess their crops as soon as they can. Shay talked

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19:15

Precision farming with fertiliser spreaders

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/04/14

Precision placement of fertilisers is critical to ensure farmers get the maximum returns and on this week’s episode of the Tillage Edge podcast, Craig England, a Precision Ag and Machine Control Specialist working with Topcon, chats about the extra accuracy a GPS enabled fertiliser spreader can bring to spreading fertilisers. Craig explained how the GPS spreaders can accurately turn on and off the spreader at the headlands but many spreaders, using section control, can modify the

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29:03

Managing Malting Barley

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/04/07

Eoin Lyons, the Teagasc Boortmalt joint program advisor, joined this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to discuss the management of malting barley over the coming weeks. Spring malting barley is one of the biggest cereal crops in Ireland and getting the correct management of the crop in the early stages of growth is critical to achieving the required specs. Eoin recommends applying a lower rate of nitrogen to barley destined for the distilling market compared to crops for the brewing market.

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22:43

Details of the new Tillage Incentive scheme

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/03/31

Teagasc tillage specialists, Ciarán Collins and Shay Phelan, joined Michael Hennessy on this week’s podcast to discuss the new Tillage Incentive Scheme and what’s in it for tillage farmers. The specialists also discussed areas to watch out for when ploughing grassland for tillage crops this year. Shay pointed out that the scheme isn’t attractive to specialised tillage farmers on their own ground (because it is in tillage already) but there are opportunities for tillage farmers to work

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32:47

Applying slurries to growing crops - a Cork farmer’s...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/03/24

Tom Barry, a Cork farmer near Mallow, chats to Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast about applying pig slurry to growing winter crops. Tom has been applying slurries to his land for over 20 years and says the benefits are twofold. “I can reduce costs by €150/ac or more and increase yields by three quarters of a ton per acre,” said Tom. Michael McCarthy, Tom’s Teagasc tillage advisor, pointed to the level of nutrients which were measured at 14 units of Nitrogen, 5

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15:56

Blackgrass: a UK expert's view to controlling the...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/03/17

Dr Sarah Cook, a weed expert in ADAS in the UK joined Michael Hennessy on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast to discuss blackgrass and best ways to control the weed by exploiting the weed’s weaknesses. She highlighted some simple cultural control methods like ploughing, later sowing and competitive crops that will help with control. Sarah said blackgrass can develop herbicide resistance quickly as it cross-pollinates and pointed to the fact the weed developed resistance to Atlantis (or

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34:40

Jim McCarthy on the impact of the Ukraine war on his...

The Tillage Edge ·

2022/03/10

Jim McCarthy, who is farming in Romania, sixty kilometres from the Ukraine border, chats to the Tillage Edge this week about the impacts of the Ukraine war on his family and business. Jim discusses the immediate efforts of his staff who are helping Ukrainian refugees arriving at the border to travel to safety outside Ukraine. He chatted about the effects of changes to grain price and input costs and how this is immediately shaping his business. Jim also discusses where he thinks the

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