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Potato prices: Drop as harvest nears completion
Potato prices dropped this week having remained stable over the majority of the harvest season. Prices had remained stable for...
Harvest 2018
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2018 harvest: Lowest average spring barley yield since 2002
Teagasc has just released its Harvest Report for 2018. The report details average crop yields from the harvest just gone....
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'Trying year' for potatoes with supply predictions 'on knife-edge'
Reduced areas planted and reduced yields have led to what look like tightened supplies of potatoes this year – though...
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Teagasc forecasts the lowest grain harvest in 30 years
Teagasc estimates that cereal production in this country will be reduced by 690,000t in 2018, a 29% drop from 2017...
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Harvest update: Beans will be held up by the protein payment
The harvest is still dragging on in some parts of the country. At the time of going to print, a...
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UK winter crop yields below average, apart from barley
While many varieties used in the UK may be different to those used on Irish soils, it is interesting to...
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High-quality maize harvest set to start a week earlier than usual
Mark Hosford expects farmers to be cutting maize in east Cork in the last week in September. The area manager...
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EU wheat production estimated to be down 7.5 million tonnes
The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) released its monthly agricultural supply and demand estimates on August 10 and world...
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Grain price: Markets rested until Friday
Grain markets eased this week, most likely on the back of the USDA’s (United States Department of Agriculture’s) world supply...
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76% of spring barley crops yielded less than 2.5t/ac so far
76% of spring barley crops yielded less than 2.5t/ac; that’s according to a poll carried out on AgriLand from Tuesday to...
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How is your harvest progressing?
As the harvest hits its peak, AgriLand wants to know how farmers are getting on in the fields. Harvest was in...
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Straw prices: What's barley, wheat, oat and pea straw making?
This season has brought a lot of challenges, but farmers are resourceful. The commodity is in such demand – due...
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Harvest update: Spring barley below 2t/ac in many cases
Wet weather delayed harvesting last week, but combines were rolling again by the weekend when the main spring barley harvest...
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Tillage focus: Harvesting wheat, sowing forage crops and selling grain
Kevin Nolan is no stranger to AgriLand. He appeared in our CROPS WATCH series this summer. At that time, he...
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Drought-hit Europe sees harvest figures plummet
Farmers across Europe are witnessing an extremely tight harvest this year, with drought conditions crippling produce across the continent, according...
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Boortmalt adjusts protein limits
Boortmalt has adjusted its malting barley protein specifications for this year’s harvest. Malting barley supplied to the company can now...
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Harvest update: Spring barley and winter wheat kick off
Spring barley and winter wheat harvest started early last week in the south and midlands. First indications show a below...
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Watch: Harvesting gluten-free oats in Co. Carlow
AgriLand visited a crop destined for Glanbia’s gluten-free oats plant last week. Harvesting was in full swing just outside Tullow...