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Boortmalt sets out to reduce costs by 30%

April 29, 2019

Boortmalt, which is one of the largest malt manufacturers in the world, has partnered with Siemens Digital Industries on a major international productivity…

Drinks industry will have to be ‘found out’ before changes are made

April 14, 2019

Opinion

Last week, Irish whiskey received geographical indication (GI) status. There seemed to be great delight at this by many in the industry and…

Meeting malting protein specs more valuable than ever…here are some tips

April 11, 2019

Tillage

This year it looks like meeting malting standards could be a lot more profitable than in years gone by and so it is…

Grain price: US plants lowest wheat area in 100 years

April 2, 2019

Tillage

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its Prospective Plantings report on Friday (March 29). The planted area of wheat is estimated…

Deal agreed: Boortmalt and IFA reach deal – €195/t to be offered tomorrow

March 26, 2019

Tillage

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and Boortmalt have finally agreed on a pricing deal for the current season’s malting barley crop. Negotiations over…

Malting barley: ‘It’s better that growers stick together until there’s a deal agreed’

March 25, 2019

Tillage

Mark Browne, the chairperson of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley committee, has urged growers to continue to support the committee this…

How much does it cost to import French barley?

March 21, 2019

Agri-Business

There’s been a lot of talk about importing barley into this country of late and malting barley in particular. Last week, Boortmalt told AgriLand…

No barley until deal is done…is Irish barley important enough?

March 20, 2019

Tillage

Malting barley growers will not supply barley to Boortmalt until they are happy with a deal. That was the main message coming from…

Watch: Imports, ‘Irish’ drinks and the infamous crop malting barley

March 17, 2019

Tillage

On this week’s episode of FarmLand we caught up with Tillage Specialist Siobhan Walsh, who summed up recent events in the malting barley…

Malting barley growers meeting this Tuesday

March 15, 2019

Tillage

A meeting of malting barley growers will take place on Tuesday (March 19) at 8:30pm. The meeting will be held in the Farm…

Watch: Sowing malting barley in Co. Laois…what’s involved?

March 15, 2019

Tillage

Seamus Duggan is a malting barley grower from Co. Laois. FarmLand paid a visit while he was planting Laureate spring barley for Waterford…

Boortmalt speaks out…expansion to go ahead…despite unrest

March 14, 2019

Tillage

Boortmalt is ploughing on with its expansion. The company, which is in constant negotiations with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) over price in…

Boortmalt leaving negotiations open for as long as possible

March 11, 2019

Tillage

AgriLand met with Boortmalt earlier this afternoon (March 11) and the company explained that it is in continuing contact with the Irish Farmers’…

Growing 6-row malting varieties in the winter…take a look

March 10, 2019

Tillage

Pixel (six-row) and Craft (two-row) are true winter malting barley varieties and some of the first of these crops to be grown in…

Tillage focus: Bringing back malting barley to Co. Louth

March 9, 2019

Tillage

Co. Louth was once a hive of breweries and distilleries, which were largely supplied by malting barley from the surrounding region. Harp lager…

Drinks companies need to back the Irish grain farmer – IFA

February 25, 2019

Tillage

The chairperson of the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley committee, Mark Browne, has called on the drinks industry to support the Irish…