
Tillage News
Dairygold malting barley competition winners announced
The Deasy family from Aherla in Co. Cork have been named the overall winners in this year’s Dairygold malting barley...
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The Deasy family from Aherla in Co. Cork have been named the overall winners in this year’s Dairygold malting barley...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has requested a formal meeting with Boortmalt to discuss the prospects for malting barley in...
Tillage Technical
Irish Grain Growers (IGG) group chairman Bobby Miller has said that he supports the principle of forward selling malting barley....
Tillage
The early indications from Teagasc are that malting barley will vie with winter wheat as the top cereal crop grown...
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Boortmalt is not ruling out the possibility of further expanding its malting barley facility in Athy, Co Kildare. Executives from...
Tillage News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that it “reluctantly accepted” a €12.50/t drying and energy charge being imposed on...
Tillage
Irish Grain Growers (IGG) chair, Bobby Miller, is calling for the development of an oilseed rape crushing plant in Ireland....
Tillage
Malting barley crops sown out in March should not need an insecticide to control Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV). That...
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Despite the dramatic hike in fertiliser prices over recent months, malting barley growers are being strongly urged to maintain nitrogen...
Tillage Technical
It has been estimated that the malting industry will require up to half of the spring barley crops grown in...
Tillage News
A tillage farmer from Co. Tipperary has today (Tuesday, March 15) been named as the overall winner of the 2021...
Tillage
David Walsh-Kemmis grows malting barley for both brewing and distilling purposes on his Co. Laois tillage farm. Courtesy of his...
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Demand for high-quality Irish distilling barley continues to grow according to Teagasc’s Dr. Richie Hackett, who addressed the recent Teagasc...
Tillage
The growth in sales of Irish whiskey in the US alone will lead to a significant expansion in Ireland’s native...
Agri-Business
Eugene Ryan from Portlaoise, Co. Laois has won the inaugural Guinness Sustainability Award at the Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards....
Tillage Technical
The potential to grow winter malting barley varieties in Ireland was highlighted at a webinar, hosted by Teagasc earlier this...
Tillage
The Irish drinks industry has been called on by the Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) to show more flexibility and...
Tillage
An estimated 46,000ha of Irish tillage land is used to produce approximately 300,000t of grain for the drinks industry here...