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The Teagasc malting barley conference will be held at two locations on Monday (February…
89% of people care if Irish drinks are made from Irish ingredients and a whopping 77% would change brands if unsatisfied with the…
The European Parliament’s Vice-President and MEP Mairead McGuinness has pointed to the rules on sustainable use of pesticides and how they must be…
Farmers were angry at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley meeting on last night (Monday, February 11). They exclaimed how they had…
Malting barley growers will not be signing up to any contract with Boortmalt until they are happy with a deal; that means when…
Earlier today Boortmalt made an offer to growers. However, in the last few minutes a new offer has been made. This is despite…
As spring barley varieties increase in yield other factors can become problematic. Brackling is one such problem and can cause serious losses at…
Teagasc will hold its annual winter crop walks across the country this week. Farmers and agronomists are invited to the events to gain…
The on-going drama of malting barley price raised the old issue this week – do ‘Irish’ drinks need to be produced from Irish…
Wheat prices continue to lack excitement – the lack of movement of grain in the EU is a factor in this. The EU…
A meeting of malting barley growers will take place this Monday (February 11) to discuss the malting barley price deal with Boortmalt once…
Herbicide resistance in grass weeds is one of the challenges facing the tillage sector at present. Ronan Byrne, a PhD student at Teagasc…
No further progress was made between the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and Boortmalt in negotiations today (February 6). The IFA has told AgriLand…
Many of the questions people were asking at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley meeting on Monday night (February 4) were in relation…
Growers supplying Boortmalt want a minimum price of €200/t. It might seem like the same old broken record – malting barley farmers aren’t…
A meeting of malting barley growers – who supply Boortmalt – is underway tonight (Monday, February 4) in Co. Carlow. The meeting, which…
A meeting of malting barley growers will take place tonight (Monday, February 4) and all growers are welcome to attend. The Irish Farmers’…
The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ’s) decision to regulate gene-edited crops in the same way as GM crops – is on Irish farmer’s…
