Why this Wexford farmer is still committed to min-till despite weather ‘disaster’
The long winter and rainy spring have thrown Nicky Keane’s meticulous cropping plans into disarray, but he is still feeling the benefits of years of regenerative farming practices on his award-winning enterprise near Rosslare
Nicky Keane on his Wexford tillage farm with his Guinness Ireland Regenerative Barley award
Each year before the harvest, Nicky Keane makes a cropping plan for each field on his Wexford farm for the following season.
Time and effort goes into making sure his crop rotation can maximise his returns and protect his soils. But there is one thing no farmer can plan for: the weather.
