Tillage News
Minister McConalogue has met with tillage farmers in Co. Laois to listen to their concerns and the current challenges being experienced.
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Sinn Féin spokesperson for agriculture, Deputy Claire Kerrane, has called on the Minister for...
Charlie McConalogue, has acknowledged that Ireland’s tillage sector has lost out under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) regime.
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We heard about the problems affecting the tillage sector when speaking to John Murphy from the Irish Farmers’ Association and Bobby Miller from the Irish Grain Growers’ Group on our live panel at the National Ploughing Championships 2025.
IGGG chairman Bobby Miller is claiming that the continuing poor weather has brought the tillage sector to a tipping point.
Meeting the expansion targets of the Irish tillage sector will be extremely difficult, according to the Irish Grain Growers' Group.
Tillage farmers are losing out the tune of €21m per year in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan.
All tillage farmers are being encouraged to participate in the public consultation linked to the new Sustainable Use Regulation.
The Irish government has ‘lumped’ tillage farmers in with criminal gangs, from a surveillance point of view, according to the IGGG.
A regional meeting for tillage farmers in the north east of the country will take place on Monday, to discuss key challenges in the sector.
Pat Cleary, a committee member of the Irish Grain Growers’ Group, has confirmed that tillage farmers have had a good year.
Tillage farmers cannot tolerate grain buyers mentioning extra handling charges which will reduce their profits, the IGGG has said.
2023 will be a high-risk year for tillage farmers with fluctuating markets and high input costs, Bobby Miller has said.
Winter barley yields have been very variable this year, in part due to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, the Irish Grain Growers' Group has said.
On Farmland this week, we focus on tillage, looking at Harvest 2022 and host an in-depth discussion on how the sector is currently doing.
This week’s episode of Farmland is a harvest special, focusing on Harvest 2022 so far and discussing the outlook for...
This week’s episode of Farmland focusses on Harvest 2022 and features an in depth discussion on how the Irish tillage sector is looking.
Further measures will be needed from government and the agriculture industry to improve tillage farming profitability, the IGGG has stated.
The Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) has called on the government to immediately establish a tillage taskforce.
The Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) is demanding that convergence is set at a maximum of...
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has called on Bord Bia to recognise the carbon credentials of Irish tillage crops in climate change fight
The IGGG has expressed the importance of extending the catch crop planting deadline under GLAS.
The IGGG has said there "is a growing sense of frustration and despair" among tillage farmers as poor weather continues to delay the harvest.
