Drummonds to host Crop Walk in conjunction with Teagasc on Tuesday 26th of April.
Drummonds are the leading supplier of cereal seeds, agronomy inputs and agronomic advice in the North East of Ireland. The Drummonds trial farm at Termonfeckin, Co. Louth is an 80 acre trial farm which the company utilises to carry out independent seed and agronomy trials.
Led by Brian Reilly the Agronomy Services Manager at Drummonds the trial site carries over 1,000 plots which are fully replicated and professional managed across the season. These trials examine a range of agronomy concepts such as variety evaluation, agronomic trial programmes looking at inputs from fungicides to foliar nutrition and biostimulants. At the site crops such as winter wheat, winter barley, winter oats, spring barley and oilseed rape are researched.
In conjunction with Teagasc Drummonds will be hosting a crop walk on at the Drummonds Trial Site, Termonfeckin, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 HR82. The crop walk will take place on the evening of Tuesday 26th April commencing at 7pm.
The crop walk will focus on:
- Winter and spring cereal seed agronomy
- Nitrogen rates / B.E.R
- Fungicide rates and timings
- Grass weed control
- Grain markets
This event promises to be an informative evening of advice from Teagasc Crop Specialists and Drummonds Agronomists. We look forward to seeing you there.
IASIS Points will be available on the Crop Walk Evening.
For further information contact Drummonds on (041) 9838986 or Brian Reilly on (087) 6004800.