Tag: crops
Weed Control of seed beds and tree lines
With fewer selective weed control options it is important to maximise the efficiency of weed control options. Where grasses have not been controlled in...
Teagasc Nursery Stock E Bulletin number 3 and Covid 9 effects...
I hope that you, your family and colleagues are well and safe at this unprecedented time. For our sector, there has already been a...
BEST4SOIL: developing a decision support tool to guide crop rotation...
Dheeraj S. Rathore and Dr. Michael T. Gaffney from the Horticulture Development Department, Teagasc, Ashtown share results from recent developments of Best4soil, a tool...
Carpentras market, Europe, climate and fresh produce – Stiofán Nutty
Over the past few weeks and during the next month or so, my work and travels have been connecting my personal and professional interests....
Premier Irish Industrial Hemp conference
The Premier Irish Industrial Hemp conference was attended by farmers, academics, government officials and business people. The event was organised by The Hemp Working...
GreenTech 2019 addresses crop production challenges
GreenTech 2019 will feature an all-new knowledge programme which will take place on 11, 12 and 13 June at RAI Amsterdam. With this programme,...
5th International Conference on Slow- and Controlled-Release and Stabilized Fertilizers (SCRSF’s)
After a 4th edition that gathered almost 300 delegates in Beijing, China in 2016, the conference will again deliver the most up-to-date information in...
Teagasc update on potato crops
Potatoes are the most important native vegetable crop, with Irish consumers purchasing on average over 85kgs per person in 2017. Like all other crops...
Fruit research: Investigating the optimal nutrition for ‘Malling Centenary’ strawberry in...
‘Malling Centenary’ still continues to play a blinder in terms of a quality strawberry. Maiden crops and second-year overwintered ones have cropped very well....
Drought impact on the field vegetable sector
Teagasc Horticulture Development Department has published a short report on the Impact of the current drought on the field vegetable sector. The report provides...