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Seamus Duggan is a malting barley grower from Co. Laois. FarmLand paid a visit while he was planting Laureate spring barley for Waterford…
Boortmalt is ploughing on with its expansion. The company, which is in constant negotiations with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) over price in…
AgriLand recently published a reminder on how to calculate seed rate. Knowing the thousand grain weight (TGW) is essential in this process. Farmers…
AgriLand met with Boortmalt earlier this afternoon (March 11) and the company explained that it is in continuing contact with the Irish Farmers’…
Pixel (six-row) and Craft (two-row) are true winter malting barley varieties and some of the first of these crops to be grown in…
This week saw grain markets fall dramatically. Increased plantings are not helping the situation. As planting continues across Europe a “larger” 2019 grain…
Co. Louth was once a hive of breweries and distilleries, which were largely supplied by malting barley from the surrounding region. Harp lager…
Farmers who buy compound feed rations have been urged to insist on Irish grains, according to a farm-lobby group’s grain chairman. The Irish…
Steven Kildea – senior researcher in plant pathology – at the Teagasc Crops Research Centre in Oak Park – explained that fungicides are…
Chlorothalonil (a multi-site fungicide) is expected to be voted on in the EU commission this month. The product has been part of Irish…
There may be a case for Ireland to seek a special dispensation for the continued use of the fungicide chlorothalonil – if Irish…
A looming ban on the widely-used fungicide Chlorothalonil “certainly looks likely” over the course of the next month, MEP Mairead McGuinness has cautioned.…
FarmLand – AgriLand’s weekly digital show focusing on agricultural news and current affairs – is back with a bang for Season 2, premiering tonight…
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released its preliminary figures for the outputs, inputs and incomes in agriculture for 2018. In the CSO’s…
Chlorothalonil is expected to go under the hammer at EU commission level this month. The product will most likely face some sort of…
As the country prepares to flip pancakes for the day AgriLand takes a look at the main ingredient in the food for ‘Pancake…
Aldi has agreed a one-year contract extension with the Co. Donegal-based fruit juice producer group Mulrines. According to a statement from Aldi, the…
Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), published by AgriLand last week, showed a clear dependency on the UK for imported products such as…
