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Grain price: Prospects for exports affecting price

August 25, 2018

Markets took a turn downwards this week. Having recovered last Friday (August 17), prices began to drop at the beginning of this week.…

Grain price: Low maize yield may add to rise

August 11, 2018

Tillage

Grain prices continued to rise this week. LIFFE wheat in the UK hit £194.65/t on Wednesday (August 8), while Tuesday (August 7) saw…

Grain price: Record broken as UK wheat hits highest price since 2012

August 5, 2018

Tillage

On August 1, LIFFE wheat hit a high of £189.75/t (€213.01/t). This is the highest price recorded – on that date – on…

Where does the tillage sector fit in to Irish farming?

June 4, 2018

Tillage

It doesn’t take Albert Einstein to work out that cereal crops have recovered tremendously over recent weeks. Sowing conditions, in many instances, were…

Grain price looks positive; be cautious with quotes

June 1, 2018

Tillage

The price of grain is a hot topic at the moment and with good reason; it’s moving in a positive direction. Dry weather…

Barley diseases are evolving – growers take note

May 6, 2018

Unlike wheat, where septoria stands head and shoulders above any other disease threat, barley can be inflicted with any one or a selection…

Down to the crunch: Is there a market for Irish grains in snack production?

January 31, 2018

Tillage

Value-added grains and products – such as bread, biscuits and crackers – are needed to improve the profitability of the Irish tillage industry.…

What’s wrong with planting lots of trees in Co. Leitrim?

January 21, 2018

Opinion

I have to take issue with MEP Marian Harkin’s assertion that private forestry development and large-scale tree planting in places like Co. Leitrim…

‘Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must become the norm’

December 26, 2017

Tillage

Low resistance risk fungicide programmes must be adopted universally to prolong the efficacy of cereal chemistry in the UK, delegates heard at the…

Malting barley: The sector is on a knife edge

October 30, 2017

Opinion

The malsters’ treatment of their contracted barley growers is nothing short of scandalous. One would have thought that the difficult harvesting conditions alone…

‘Farmers in barley fields and orchards to be banned from alcohol adverts’ – ABFI

October 4, 2017

Tillage

Images of farmers in barley fields and orchards will be “banned” from alcohol adverts under proposed amendments to the controversial Public Health Alcohol…

2018 winter cereal recommended lists are out

September 25, 2017

Tillage

By Siobhan Walsh The winter cereal recommended lists for 2018 were published last week by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s…

Another year of global cereal abundance on the cards

August 21, 2017

Tillage

European cereal production is expected to be below average for another year, according to the summer short-term outlook report published by the European Commission.…

Over 26,000t of barley departs UK shores on a 200m long vessel

August 8, 2017

Tillage

Approximately 26,250t of new crop feed barley is being exported from the UK to Spain, aboard a 200m long vessel named the Federal…

Farmer’s barley crop partially damaged in ‘suspicious’ field fire

July 31, 2017

Tillage

A field of barley in Co. Meath was partially damaged after a fire began in “suspicious circumstances” on Sunday, July 23, according to…

Spanish market ‘may demand more barley imports after dry season’

July 5, 2017

N.Ireland

There is the potential for increased demand for barley in the Spanish market after dryness was experienced across key growing regions this year,…

Video: ‘Killer’ machine to tackle herbicide resistant weeds

July 2, 2017

Tillage

A weed-killing machine that pulverises weed seeds upon harvest could be a huge step in reducing the amount of chemicals applied to crops.…

Spring barley – a tale of two crops

June 17, 2017

Tillage

The lustre has come off spring barley production, particularly where mid-April sown crops are concerned, according to the Enniscorthy-based Teagasc tillage advisor Ciaran…

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