Category Archives: Farming News
Video – Who are Quinns
Quinns promotional and informative videos
Department of Agriculture’s Farm Safety Scheme
Department of Agriculture’s Farm Safety Scheme Now Open for Applications Basics of the scheme The scheme is a targeted program designed to assist farmers to upgrade the standard of safety on their farms. Amount of funding available: €12.2 million Maximum grant rate: 40% Maximum investment ceiling: €20,000 Maximum grant therefore is: €8,000 Important Dates […]
Oil Seed Rape & Roundup Flex
Most winter Oilseed Rape crops will be ready for glyphosphate application in mid-July. This year Monsanto introduced a new Roundup formulation – Roundup Flex, it was developed to improve product performance and also minimize spray drift. It is essential to spray off rape due to the huge green cover in the crop. It can take […]
Prize Winners
Every year Quinns has a prize draw to reward customers who settle their accounts on time, which is especially helpful to us at our financial year end at the end of June. Below are the lucky winners: Mr. Henry Sinnott, Baltinglass €1,000 Mr. Ollie Brennan, Castlewarren €750 Mr. Tom Jordon, Ballon €500 Mr. Melvin Carter, […]
Feed
With reduced cereal and straight prices, we will be looking at cheaper ration prices for the coming year. Irrespective of price the most important thing is to feed the right ration to suit your animals’ specific requirements. Quinns has a wide range of rations for sheep, beef and dairy animals. This year we are introducing […]
Cereal Seed
Quinns have a wide range of winter cereal seed available. The main variety of Winter Barley available is Cassia. This variety performed excellently this year with high yields and KPHs. Volume, the 6 row variety, is also available to order. When weather is good it good it would be recommended to start sowing winter barley […]
Harvest Comments
What a difference a year makes! In June of last year we had huge levels of rainfall that had a detrimental effect on yield and quality in nearly all crops. This year you could say the month of June was the exact opposite and thankfully provided excellent foundations for yield. Though the harvest is by […]