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Ireland’s organic farming community is set to take centre stage this autumn with the launch of a...
Tillage
Unexpectedly low straw prices are putting further pressure on tillage incomes at the present...
Recent days have seen tillage farmers in the Co. Louth area recording winter oilseed rape yields of...
A group of tillage farmers in the south-east of the country have expressed concerns at what they...
Representatives of the Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) met recently with Minister for...
The Department of Finance (DoF) has clarified that the amount of excise duty alcoholic beverages...
Hailing from Whitechurch, Co. Cork, dairy farmer Victor O’Sullivan operates a substantial dairy...
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has highlighted a rise in demand for...
The government may be securing up to €100,000 in excise duty and VAT for every acre of malting...
The Scotch Whisky Association has welcomed what it regards as the ‘transformational’ trade deal...
Cooney Furlong agronomist, George Blackburn, recognises that malting barley prices are under...
A significant cohort of spring barley growers in the Wexford area have decided to push their crops...
Opinion
Boortmalt may have upped its forward malting barley price to €240/t, but this is still well below...
The increasing and prolonged weather events, higher stocking rate, and a focus on increasing the...
Tillage specialist Shay Phelan has confirmed that shoot numbers are the key arbiter of spring...
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming a squeeze on malting...
Irish Distillers Ltd has confirmed that it will pause whiskey production at its Midleton Distillery...
Representatives from Boortmalt will attend a meeting of malting barley growers next week, according...
N.Ireland
Growing of malting barley in Northern Ireland has returned to the cropping scene in recent years,...
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) grain committee has called on Boortmalt for a "stronger"...
The largest producer of malted barley in the world, Boortmalt and the largest purchaser of malted...
A simple photograph can now be used to determine most of the key characteristics associated with...
Tillage News
Richard Lucey, a farmer from Ballyclough, Mallow Co. Cork has today (Friday, January 17) been named...
A UK malting operation has commenced farm-based barley production trials, focusing on the use of...
Boortmalt has confirmed that approximately 10% of the Irish malting barley acreage has now been...
Many spring cereal crops, particularly malting barley, could well be the much-needed success story...
