Rural Life
The demolition of the landmark R&H Hall grain silos is underway as part of a multi-million euro regeneration project in Cork city's docklands.
Agri-Business
A shipment of grain from Ukraine is due to arrive in Ireland this afternoon, according to grain and feed company R&H Hall.
Tillage
"We need weather problems if you want to be bullish of corn, soybeans or wheat."
Philip Lynch is a trader in soybeans at R&H Hall and is acutely aware of demands from consumers and retailers for sustainable products.
Tillage farmers here in Ireland aren’t the only ones struggling to plant this autumn. The problem...
Grain prices go up and down all of the time and numerous factors affect this, many of which might never cross farmers' minds.
Weather has the potential to impact massively on grain prices, but it is important to note the increase in winter cereal plantings.
Milling wheat has the potential to rise $50/t in the next six months. That's according to Dan Basse, President of the AgResource Company in Chicago.
A 'no-deal' Brexit would be "an immense political failure on both sides of the equation", according to Professor Michael Wallace.
Cereals, roots and pulses are at the top of the world's dietary choices, obesity rates are increasing and 'ultra-processed' food is popular.
Wheat price will go down. When it will go down is the million dollar question which James Nolan would love to know the answer to.
450,000ha, that's the area farmed by an agricultural group in Russia of which Richard Valentine Willows is head of group sales.
2,300 farmers, covering land bases greater than 500ha - Agroscope Ukraine, is a national distributor of agricultural inputs.
The world is currently a wash with wheat, and this is having a negative impact on the price of cereals produced in Ireland as the grain and tillage markets have become heavy with feed grain.
