Agronomy

Agronomy Update - April 2024

NEWS DAFM have scrapped the 3-crop rule for the 2024 season, but rotation obligations must be met by 2026. Food Vision Tillage ...

Drummonds Connect - April 2024

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Soil Sampling

Drummonds have always provided a top quality soil testing service and practical advice, which can be carried out by your ...

Sowing ‘Catch Crops’ this Autumn.

A ‘cover crop’ or ‘catch crop’ is grown primarily for the purpose of ‘protecting or improving’ between periods of regular ...

Drummonds Agronomy Services

SOIL SAMPLING Healthy Soil = The Foundation of Success • Soil pH testing for optimal nutrient availability• Mapping options: ‘W’ pattern ...

Drummonds Participate in Aphid Monitoring

The Grain Aphid, Sitobion avenae is a main vector of the Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV), a virus that can ...

Growing Brassica Crops for Grazing

Brassica crops can provide nutritious, cost-effective feeds for cattle and sheep. From leafy kales and forage rapes through to root ...

Tillage Conference 2024

At the recent Drummonds Tillage Conference on 24th January, topics discussed included an update on regulations, soil health, and practical ...

Has liquid Nitrogen got a role on your farm ?

Liquid Fertiliser has a role to play on both tillage farms and also intensive livestock farms. “N-Rich” is Drummonds top ...

Planning for cutting

Quality must not be compromised over quantity as first cut silages get underway. Regular monitoring of silage swards is just ...

Agronomy Update - December 2023

Dublin Airport have recorded over 580mm of rain from July to November 2023. This indicates that approximately 80% of annual ...

Crop Walk

Drummonds to host Crop Walk on Monday 23rd of May @ 7pm. Drummonds are the leading supplier of cereal seeds, agronomy ...

Liquid Fertiliser for Grassland

We view Liquid Fertiliser as a key technology in our toolbox to not only enable our customers to improve their ...

Silage Analysis

Why Analyse Silage? Matching the dietary nutrient supply with that of the animal’s requirements is crucial in maintaining production and reducing ...

Drive farm profitability by choosing the right grass varieties this Spring

Grass is the most important, yet often overlooked, resource for livestock production. Well-managed grassland provides the most economic feed throughout ...

National Recommended List for Spring Cereals 2021

The national recommended list for spring cereals was released in January. Spring Barley: There were no major changes compared to the ...

Lime

Lime Delivering and spreading lime at affordable prices across all our branches. The benefit of liming Irish soil is well known ...

Fertiliser Challenges

The fertiliser supply situation this Spring is very different to any other year in that the meteoric increase in the ...

Winter Crop Update

We have accumulated significantly more rainfall this January compared with that of 2020 – 80.3ml vs 55.1ml. Where winter barley ...

Winter Cereal Varieties for 2022/23

Winter Cereal Varieties for 2022/23 Now is the time to start thinking about which winter cereal varieties you are going to ...

Take action against parasites

The housing period is one of the best time to take action against parasites. The most common parasite groups to consider ...

Sustainable Soil Fertility Programme

We are all continuously reading and hearing, more and more, over the last 2-3 years the narrative around Irish farming ...

Managing grazing and minding your soil

Rainfall and poor ground conditions often lead to poaching. It is estimated that poaching can reduce grass growth by 20% ...

Harvest Update - September

Harvest 2021 is coming to a close. The recent dry spells have played a key part in farmers wrapping up ...

Housing is one of the best times to treat cattle for parasites.

The most common parasite groups to consider include: Stomach and intestinal worms Lungworms Liver flukes External parasites (lice and mange) Housing provides a great opportunity ...

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