Tillage
Boortmalt is confirming that the company will not be making any additional payments for 2026 Irish malting barley crops
Malting barley growers need an extra€50/t on top of the figures listed in the recently published harvest 2026 price schedules.
A major meeting of malting barley growers will take place next Monday, (October 12) to discuss urgent issues affecting the sector.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has requested a meeting with Boortmalt to discuss harvest 2026 malting barley prices.
The IGGG has said tillage farmers 'cannot be expected' to take on the risk of producing malting barley 'without meaningful financial reward'.
Both the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and Irish Grain Growers’ Group (IGGG) have noted the year-on-year increase in 2026 grain prices.
Heineken has recently unveiled plans to support large scale regenerative farming practises, targeting malting barley growers in the UK.
Michael and Tom Nolan, representing Nolan Agi from Camross Co. Wexford have been awarded the...
The National Grain Committee of the IFA has launched a new policy document on the future use of native cereals and oilseeds.
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has called for "the preferential procurement of native grains" by Irish farmers.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has included 11 varieties in its 2026 spring barley recommended list.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is projecting a significant fall-off in demand for malting barley.
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) is calling on Boortmalt to remove its handling and drying charge of €10/t on malting barley
Unexpectedly low straw pries are putting further pressure on tillage incomes at the present time. Reportedly, 4x4 bales are making just €20
Recent days have seen tillage farmers in the Co Louth area confirming winter oilseed rape yields of 2.35t/ac.
A group of tillage farmers in Co Wexford are deeply concerned at what they regard as the contamination of their malting barley crops
Representatives of the Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGGG) met recently with agriculture minister, Martin Heydon
Recent days have seen the issue of excise duty generated upon the distilling of malt into Irish whiskey highlighted.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming a rise in demand for malting barley in the UK.
The government may be securing up to €100,000 in excise duty and VAT for every acre of malting barley that is dedicated to whiskey production.
The Scotch Whisky Association has welcomed what it regards as the ‘transformational’ trade deal confirmed between the UK and India.
Cooney Furlong agronomist, George Blackburn, recognises that malting barley prices are under pressure at the present time
A significant cohort of spring barley growers in the Wexford area have decided to push their crops in the feed direction
