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'Take down the pictures of Irish farms in Guinness' - malt meeting
Farmers were angry at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley meeting on last night (Monday, February 11). They exclaimed...
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Farmers were angry at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley meeting on last night (Monday, February 11). They exclaimed...
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Malting barley growers will not be signing up to any contract with Boortmalt until they are happy with a deal;...
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Earlier today Boortmalt made an offer to growers. However, in the last few minutes a new offer has been made....
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As spring barley varieties increase in yield other factors can become problematic. Brackling is one such problem and can cause...
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Teagasc will hold its annual winter crop walks across the country this week. Farmers and agronomists are invited to the...
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The on-going drama of malting barley price raised the old issue this week – do ‘Irish’ drinks need to be...
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Wheat prices continue to lack excitement – the lack of movement of grain in the EU is a factor in...
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A meeting of malting barley growers will take place this Monday (February 11) to discuss the malting barley price deal...
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Herbicide resistance in grass weeds is one of the challenges facing the tillage sector at present. Ronan Byrne, a PhD...
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No further progress was made between the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and Boortmalt in negotiations today (February 6). The IFA...
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Many of the questions people were asking at the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) malting barley meeting on Monday night (February 4)...
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Growers supplying Boortmalt want a minimum price of €200/t. It might seem like the same old broken record – malting...
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A meeting of malting barley growers – who supply Boortmalt – is underway tonight (Monday, February 4) in Co. Carlow....
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A meeting of malting barley growers will take place tonight (Monday, February 4) and all growers are welcome to attend....
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The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ’s) decision to regulate gene-edited crops in the same way as GM crops – is...
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The grain markets aren’t moving anywhere fast and continued with recent form this week. Weather events could play a big part...
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An increase in income from cereals, an increase in input prices, but an overall decline in family farm income due...
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Specialist tillage farms had the second highest family farm income of the farming sectors in Ireland in 2017, at just...