A worthy winner! Well done Nicky💪💪

February no till beans ,can’t get much more environmentally friendly than this , Irish grown protein,no high salt fertilisers applied ,and no carbon oxidised to atmosphere through ploughing it’s too damn valuable especially when profits are getting squeezed.

Big thanks to Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather for giving our group a Zoom talk tonight. Great to shed some light on the what and the whys of our doom and gloom weather we are having atm. Here’s hoping for high pressure next week🤞

#farmerseduactingfarmers #weathertalk

4000 lt of melted urea minerals and carbon ready to cover 185 acres of wheat at 7.5 units /ac . Fungicide going on aswell not getting caught waiting till flag leaf like last year .

Lots of familiar “Base Faces” in there🥰

First day of Base Ireland trip to Austria visiting 3 no till farmers today 2 of which had cut out nearly all synthetic fertilisers fungicides and and insecticides , very interesting day .

Spring rape planted early July after winter Barley ,no chance of harvesting it after the crap July and August started to shed just before Christmas ,regrowth down below already, destined for spring oats .Base Ireland on farm trails .

Should Blackgrass be added to the Noxious Weed list in Ireland ?
Please feel free to leave your opinion

Base Ireland 2024 AGM a great discussion between stock and arable farmers about their success and failures in a very tough 2023 , members from the coast in Waterford to the coast in Derry tell their stories , as usual with base meetings still great positive in the room .

Trying out dawn rolling of diverse 6 way mix cover crop in a -5 frost. Hope to reduce herbicide for next spring barley crop 🤞🤞

This might not look much of a cover crop. Look at roots on vol. Oats that I pulled from the field. Soil is alive Base Ireland

Fantastic presentation by Rob Coleman at the Dairygold Co-Op Tillage Conference in Fermoy. Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Base Ireland AgricultureSETU (Waterford) National Organic Training Skillnet

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Great Base Ireland meeting today with Leslie Dwyer the power of fungi in retaining nutrients in soil and microbes can change ph around the roots to suit different nutrient uptake 👇, don’t underestimate the power of biology in soil and benefits for farmers .

W.Beans with companion oats looking well so far

Another great day at #BioFarm23 . Today's host is Rob Coleman of Base Ireland. Asking all the right questions of the likes of Mike Harrington and Jim Cronin, who are sharing their knowledge and findings generously. And grilling fellow BASE members at the round table.

Base ireland slot up now

All systems go for the last day of #biofarm23 😀