Tillage
Oilseed rape - one of the better stories so far this harvest
With winter barley yields back 10-15% nationally, it has been a difficult start to the harvest. Grain merchants across the...
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With winter barley yields back 10-15% nationally, it has been a difficult start to the harvest. Grain merchants across the...
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Combines have been rolling for the last number of weeks, with quite a bit of the country’s winter barley crop...
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Harvest 2017 is well underway in some parts of the country, with crops ripening up to a week earlier than...
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Ukraine has officially reported yet another record grain harvest for 2016, exceeding 66m tonnes in the process. Of this, wheat accounted for 26.8m...
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The onus is now on the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, to act on today’s Dail decision and establish a...
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The tillage sector faces significant structural challenges and there is no silver bullet to address all of them, the Minister...
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Tillage farmers staged a protest outside Leinster House today, calling on the Minister for Agriculture to provide a crisis fund...
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The votes of Independent TDs will help secure the passing of a Fianna Fail Private Members’ Bill, seeking the establishment...
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Tillage farmers will be staging a protest outside of the Dail on Wednesday, to highlight the lack of support they...
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Tillage farmers in parts of the country are losing an estimated €350/ac as crops are completely wrote off thanks to...
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ICSA president Patrick Kent has called for increased screening of all imported grain before it can go on sale to...
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Ireland’s cereal sector is in danger of falling into terminal decline unless immediate and decisive action is taken to reverse the...
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Imported grain from the UK is of poorer quality than Irish grain, according to the test results of a grain...
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Imported grain coming into Foynes Port in Limerick looks to be of “very poor quality” compared to what Irish farmers...
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Grain farmers staged a protest in Foynes Port in Co. Limerick this morning over the importation of barley by a number of...
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Harvest 2016 is well underway across the country, with combines taking to the fields to cut this year’s tillage crops....
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Crop development and biomass accumulation are mainly above average in Ireland and the UK, but pest and disease pressures remain high,...
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Winter crops are generally in good shape and well developed in the EU due to the mild winter conditions, according...