Tillage
Crisp Malt assesses the potential of low carbon fertilisers
A UK malting operation has commenced farm-based barley production trials, focusing on the use of low carbon fertilisers. Crisp Malt...
Malting Barley
Tillage
Tillage: Malting barley harvest is now underway
Boortmalt has confirmed that approximately 10% of the Irish malting barley acreage has now been cut, with the equivalent figure...
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Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Tillage
Hope that malting barley will save some of Harvest 2024
Many spring cereal crops, particularly malting barley, could well be the much-needed success story of the 2024 harvest. March sown...
Tillage
Europe’s grain prices may suffer due to poor harvest
Normally a poor harvest across the European Union (EU) would be compensated for by a strengthening of grain prices. But...
Tillage News
Diageo to proceed with new €200m brewery in Kildare
Drinks company Diageo is set to go ahead and build a new €200 million purpose-built brewery in Newbridge following the...
Opinion
Opinion: Is it the right time to 'fix' prices for malting barley?
Given the atrocious weather conditions, I believe it would seem a bit ‘unwise’ to be fixing a price for 2024...
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
IFA deputy president demands level playing field for tillage sector
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) deputy president, Alice Doyle, is calling on the government to fully support the tillage sector, adding...
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Milk replacer: Advice on maximising early-life calf growth
During the past decade, calf rearing systems around the world have adopted higher allowances of whole milk or of calf...
Tillage News
Wexford farmer wins top Malting Barley Excellence Award
The largest producer of malted barley in the world, Boortmalt and the largest purchaser of malted barley in Ireland Diageo,...
Tillage
Conference hears of enough malting barley seed for 2024
The Teagasc/Boortmalt Malting Barley Conference which took place this week in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford heard that enough seed has been...
Tillage
Variable costs within cereal production see decline
Teagasc’s Crops Costs and Returns 2024 booklet identifies a consistent fall-off in variable costs associated with cereal production over the past...
Tillage
Malting barley premiums continue to strengthen in UK
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that malting barley premiums continue to rise in the UK. For...
Tillage
Tillage: What’s new on the AHDB recommended lists?
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties. All are under evaluation...
Tillage
Spring cereal planting survey deadline fast approaching
Tillage farmers have until Friday of this week (January 5) to participate in Teagasc’s spring cereal planting survey. The initiative...
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Tyrone dairy farmer reduces calf mortality to just 1%
A Co. Tyrone dairy farm has reduced calf mortality to just 1% and has no post-weaning growth checks, thanks to...
Tillage
Tillage 2023: Late spring plantings set the scene for future challenges
The history books will show that late spring plantings set the scene for all of the challenges that followed on...
Tillage
Partnership aimed at carbon neutral malting barley
A partnership between Simpsons Malt Ltd. and BASF Agricultural Solutions which is aimed towards carbon neutral malting barley has been...
Tillage
Malting barley rejections exceed 50% - Boortmalt
Rejections for malting barley, a relatively new crop to Ireland, have exceeded 50% for 2023, according to Boortmalt’s barley quality...
Tillage News
Tillage: East Donegal crop walk to take place next week
Newtowncunningham drystock and tillage farmer, Peter Lynch, will host a crop walk on Thursday next, November 16. Those attending will...