Signpost: Getting ready for the busy harvest period

The Teagasc Tillage Signpost & IPM Works Farm Walk held in Ballymaloe recently was attended by 175 people.

I caught up with Darren Allen of Ballymaloe Farm near Shanagarry in East Cork to talk about how preparations are going for harvest 2022. 

Darren and his father Rory farm circa 300 acres of medium to heavy clay soils near Shanagarry in East Cork. The cropping mix this year includes winter wheat, spring barley, beans and winter oilseed rape. According to Darren, they’re probably about a week away from the start of harvest, depending on the weather.