Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) is calling on Boortmalt to remove its handling and drying charge of €10/t on malting barley
Concerns have been voiced that Boortmalt plans to "cut distilling, malting barley contracts in the middle of the growing season".
Opinion
Boortmalt may have upped its forward barley price to €240/t, but this is still well below the €300/t demanded at the recent growers meeting
Boortmalt is set to announce an improved forward price offer for 2025 malting barley deliveries on Friday of this week (March14).
Representatives from Boortmalt will attend a meeting of malting barley growers next week, according to the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
IFA grain committee chair Kieran McEvoy has called on Boortmalt for a "stronger" second forward offer for malting barley in 2025
Boortmalt and Diageo, have announced the winners of the Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards (2024 season).
The IFA has said that the first forward offer for 2025 for malting barley from Boortmalt is "very late and very disappointing".
Boortmalt is confirming that approximately 10% of the Irish malting barley acreage has now been cut: the equivalent figure for the UK is 60%
Agri-Business
Boortmalt has announced a partnership with a regenerative agriculture business as part of an effort to cut emissions from suppliers.
Contractors play a key role on most tillage farms. This principle has been further endorsed during the spring 2024 planting season.
This week has seen both Diageo and Boortmalt confirming their growing commitment to Ireland’s malting barley sector.
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) deputy president, Alice Doyle, is calling on the government to fully support the tillage sector.
Tillage News
The largest producer of malted barley in the world, Boortmalt and the largest purchaser of malted barley in Ireland Diageo, have announced the winners of the Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards (2023 season)
The Teagasc/Boortmalt Malting Barley Conference which took place this week in Enniscorthy, Co....
Boortmalt’s Barley Quality Manager, Tom Bryan, has confirmed that malting barley rejections have exceeded 50% for 2022
Boortmalt has confirmed that it will continue its dialogue with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to discuss a range of issues
Representatives of the IFA grain committee will meet Boortmalt on Thursday to discuss the impact of the 2023 harvest on malting quality.
The IFA has said that the link between the Boortmalt malting barley price and one of the key exchange markets for the product is "crucial".
The Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) has called on Boortmalt to scrap its newly introduced drying...
Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) National Grain Committee chair, Kieran McEvoy, has confirmed a recent meeting with Boortmalt
Delegates attending the recent Teagasc: Boortmalt malting barley conference were told that seeding rate is a key determinant of final yields.
The 2022 winner of the Guinness Malting Barley Perpetual Challenge Cup is Paul Delaney, from Borris Great , Port Laoise.
