Tillage
Farm organisations are expecting to meet agriculture minister, Martin Heydon shortly to discuss the details of a new tillage support package.
Agri Politics
A decision to accept all applicants for this year's Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM) is a "welcome...
Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) chairman, Bobby Miller, has confirmed that the work of the Food Vision Tillage Group will continue.
An Irish MEP has called for "fairness and support" for the Irish tillage sector, in order for the sector to "reach its full potential".
The Irish Grain Growers Group has called for the Food Vision Tillage Group to continue to ensure the implementation of its final report.
The additional support needs of tillage farmers will be top of the agenda when the IGGG next meets with the Minister for Agriculture.
Tillage News
Newtowncunningham drystock and tillage farmer, Peter Lynch, will host a crop walk on Thursday next (16 November).
Tillage Technical
Irish Grain Growers group chairman, Bobby Miller has said that he supports the principle of forward selling malting barley.
Irish Grain Growers (IGG) chairman Bobby Miller is deeply concerned about the direction of travel forward grain prices are now taking.
The Irish drinks industry has been called on by the Irish Grain Growers to show more flexibility and financial support to its suppliers.
The €10 million straw chopping scheme set out for tillage farmers needs to be workable - but "represents a welcome support".
Arable April kicked off on AgriLand this week and the tillage industry has made a great start to the month of telling its story.
A ban on palm kernal, palm oil, GMO soya products and GMO maize has been called for by the Irish Grain Growers' Group.
The uncertainty facing the tillage sector as a result of Brexit is not being highlighted enough, according to the Irish Grain Growers Group.
The Irish Grain Growers group has said the future of malting barley growing is at risk due to the "poor deal" agreed by IFA and Boortmalt.
The strong numbers at the Irish Grain Growers Group's demonstration of facts was a clear indication that farmers are unhappy.
Opinion
Boortmalt has spent most of this year telling the world about the need to extend the production base of malting barley in Ireland.
The establishment of a tillage crisis fund could be a case where the 'horse has already bolted', according to the IGG.
The Irish Grain Growers Association (IGGA) has asked all tillage farmers to back its proposals for malting barley for 2017.
A number of tillage farmers claim they have failed to date in their bid to reclaim IFA levies over the past two years.
