Last week, Teagasc broadcast the second in the series of ECT grass weed webinars.

This episode focused on blackgrass control and caught up with two ECT focus farmers about their experiences operating a non-plough based system: Gareth Culligan, from Louth, who is practicing a no till system and Michael Grace, from north Kildare, who shared his experiences using a strip till system.

Both of these farmers participated in an excellent question and answer session which is worth listening to again on this week’s episode of the Tillage Edge. Shay Phelan, a Tillage Specialist from Oak Park Carlow, chaired the sessions.

Michael Grace reported that the cultural measures like grass margins were working extremely well on the farm and he intended to extend the use of these this year.

Gareth Culligan, the ECT farmer in Louth, said the key to his system is to have patience (especially at planting), devise a good rotation and use cover crops where possible.

The full video of the webinar can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoS6sEFqUI

For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:

https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/

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