Fertiliser is one of the largest variable costs every year on tillage farms and on the latest Tillage Edge podcast, Dr Veronica Nyhan, a tillage advisor in Teagasc, chats through the benefits of planning the correct nutrients for each crop in 2024.  

Veronica explains that the basis of a nutrient management plan are soil samples which are up to date.  Without these results there is no allowance for phosphate to this parcel.

Veronica then explains how the new fertiliser register changes the dynamics of how the Department of Agriculture can use this information during inspections.  

There is very little, if any, wriggle room for farmers at inspection as the DAFM have a track record of all of the purchases of chemical fertilisers.  

National Tillage Conference

The Teagasc National Tillage Conference takes place on January 31st in the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny.

The conference will have a mix of research and addressing the current issues both in presentation format and in workshop sessions.  

For further details of the conference and to register click here: 

https://www.teagasc.ie/news--events/national-events/events/national-tillage-conference-2024.php

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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