The Tillage Edge
By Teagasc
The Tillage Edge is Teagasc's new tillage podcast, presented by Michael Hennessy.
Bringing you weekly episodes covering agronomy needs of crops throughout the season with input from Teagasc researchers and views from across the industry.
Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Tillage Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia (https://www.LastCastMedia.com) .
Bringing you weekly episodes covering agronomy needs of crops throughout the season with input from Teagasc researchers and views from across the industry.
Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Tillage Edge is a co-production with LastCastMedia (https://www.LastCastMedia.com) .
Latest episode
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Life Scientific, an Irish company producing generic ag-chems
Life Scientific, is an Irish company researching, developing and manufacturing off-patent plant protection products for the global market. For this week’s Tillage Edge, Michael Hennessy was joined by Ruth Stanley, the Irel… -
Managing winter crops in the coming weeks
Teagasc Tillage Specialists, Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, joined Michael Hennessy on the latest Tillage Edge podcast to talk about winter crop management over the next couple of weeks. First, Ciaran touched on the compl… -
Cropping decisions for the coming weeks
The continuing poor weather is forcing many farmers to change their cropping decisions and on this week’s Tillage Edge, Ciaran Collins and Shay Phelan, both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc, discuss the benefits and risks of making cropping… -
Jim McCarthy’s update from Romania
Jim McCarthy joins the Tillage Edge again this week with the latest on managing the 16,000 hectare farm in Romania and to share some insights on the global grain trade. Jim discusses the agronomy of growing crops in Romani… -
Buffer zones – where to put them on your farm
Buffer zones are important to protect waterbodies and Hugh Rooney, a Teagasc ASSAP advisor, joins this week’s Tillage Edge to talk about how buffer zones are necessary and what benefits these areas can bring. Hugh explai… -
Sean Kelly MEP discusses EU policy and the tillage sector
Sean Kelly, who is a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland South, joined the Tillage Edge this week to chat about how EU policy is put in place and the influence farmers can have when these policies are being devised. -
Applying slurry to growing tillage crops on the Kepak farms
A recent Signpost farm event on the Kepak farm in Dunboyne, Co Meath focused on the use of slurry on their tillage farm. Sam Myles, the farm manager, Veronica Nyhan, a soil nutrition specialist, and John Mahon, Signpost Farm advisor, all… -
Try out the Crop Report for free
The Teagasc Crops Team have launched the Crop Report Platform which is a comprehensive information hub for the agronomy of crops in Ireland. Shay Phelan and Ciaran Collins, both Tillage Specialists in Teagasc joined this week’s Tillage E… -
Critical management needed for oilseed rape
Despite the cold weather, oilseed rape is actively growing. Management decisions are needed on most crops in the coming days and weeks and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, John Spink, the Head of Crops, Environment and Land Use (CELU… -
Winter crop agronomy: priority actions are stacking up
Many farmers are contemplating if their winter crops have enough plants to give a viable return and at the same time, are anxious to start the management of good crops on the farm. On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Shay…
