All signs point to incentives for farmers to reduce tillage and grow cover crops. Some farmers will factor these incentives into their profit/loss statements, which will be a game changer. Through the ...

Fall will be here before you know it, which means it’s time to start thinking about tillage. Ken Ferrie shares two videos explaining how to successfully set and operate your hybrid chisel and inline ...

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

Reducing tillage is one approach used to build the benefits of a healthier soil - like reducing erosion and better water management. But, leaving some extra residue on the surface can be daunting in ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the ...

New figures on farming incomes show that all farm systems recorded their lowest average incomes in several years in 2023, with dairy farm incomes down 69% and tillage farm incomes down 71% on 2022.

Speaking to the Farming Independent on compensation for tillage farmers hit by poor weather during last year's harvest, the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said the lack of accurate data on ...

Welcome back to another edition of This Week in Farming, your one-stop shop for the best Farmers Weekly content from the past seven days. First, here are your markets (opens as PDF). Rapeseed has once ...

A 49ac farm in Laois comes with a traditional farmhouse and extensive farmyard, while 30ac parcel in East Cork has ‘picture-perfect ploughed ground’ Levalley Farm near Rathdowney in south Laois is a ...

The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings show a systematic ...