Tillage
Opportunity beckons for Ireland’s malting barley growers
The past fortnight has seen both Diageo and Boortmalt confirming their growing commitment to Ireland’s malting barley sector. The backdrop...
Tillage
The past fortnight has seen both Diageo and Boortmalt confirming their growing commitment to Ireland’s malting barley sector. The backdrop...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) deputy president, Alice Doyle, is calling on the government to fully support the tillage sector, adding...
Tillage News
The largest producer of malted barley in the world, Boortmalt and the largest purchaser of malted barley in Ireland Diageo,...
Tillage
The Teagasc/Boortmalt Malting Barley Conference which took place this week in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford heard that enough seed has been...
Tillage
Teagasc’s Crops Costs and Returns 2024 booklet identifies a consistent fall-off in variable costs associated with cereal production over the past...
Tillage
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that malting barley premiums continue to rise in the UK. For...
Tillage
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties. All are under evaluation...
Tillage
Tillage farmers have until Friday of this week (January 5) to participate in Teagasc’s spring cereal planting survey. The initiative...
Tillage
The history books will show that late spring plantings set the scene for all of the challenges that followed on...
Tillage
A partnership between Simpsons Malt Ltd. and BASF Agricultural Solutions which is aimed towards carbon neutral malting barley has been...
Tillage
Rejections for malting barley, a relatively new crop to Ireland, have exceeded 50% for 2023, according to Boortmalt’s barley quality...
Tillage News
Newtowncunningham drystock and tillage farmer, Peter Lynch, will host a crop walk on Thursday next, November 16. Those attending will...
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that UK malting barley premiums are at historically high levels. As...
Tillage
Grain yields are close to the five-year average for many crops but some individual growers are seeing very disappointing yields...
Tillage
Boortmalt has confirmed to Agriland that it will continue its dialogue with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in relation to...
Tillage
Representatives of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) grain committee will meet a Boortmalt delegation on Thursday morning (August 17) to...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the link between the malting barley price paid to growers by Boortmalt...
Tillage
Adding value to crops is the way forward for Irish tillage farmers, according to Teagasc specialists. Tillage specialist, Ciaran Collins,...