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Average costs across all agricultural sectors have risen by 73% in last seven years
James Hanly
New report launched by the Irish Farmers’ Association has looked into the impact of global events such as Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine on the cost of doing business for farmers.
17 September 2024 News
35% of grain used to produce Irish drinks not native - Teagasc
Teagasc’s Michael Hennessy detailed some figures on grain usage in the drinks sector at the Irish Drinks Forum.
16 September 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: agronomy, farming with family and the future of tillage
On this week’s Young Stock Podcast, we chat to Max Potterton, tillage farmer and IFA grain policy executive, about college, working in the Irish Farm Centre, and the future of tillage.
Tillage talks at Ploughing 2024
In the Tillage Fields on the Irish Farmers Journal stand at the National Ploughing Championships will focus on Irish grain, soil health and carbon emissions.
15 September 2024 News
Boortmalt sets harvest 2024 grain price
The Boortmalt price averaging has come to an end for 2024 and the harvest base price is now settled.
13 September 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: still time to plant oilseed as harvest continues
This week’s show has a report on harvest from the northeast, has advice on oilseed rape planting and all the news.
12 September 2024 News
44% of recommended winter barley varieties BYDV-tolerant
There are three new varieties on the recommended list and two of those claim to be tolerant to BYDV.
11 September 2024 News
Growers urged to be vigilant for new potato blight strain
The EU43 strain of potato blight, first recorded in Ireland last year, has been causing concern for potato grower throughout the country after outbreaks of the pathogen in Europe.
11 September 2024 News
Over 70% of cereal harvest completed
The weather has not been good for farmers with crops to cut over the past week as showery weather continued.
11 September 2024 News
Review into how Irish whiskey is made
The technical file of Irish whiskey outlines how whiskey should be produced, but does not specify ingredients.
11 September 2024 News
Farmer Writes: spring barley set to be our harvest saviour
Good old spring barley, I thought to myself from the combine seat, it’s an unlikely saviour, but it will be the crop of the harvest, writes Gerald Potterton.
11 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Crop forum: get rotations back on track for profit
Tillage farmers have had two wet autumn planting seasons and rotations have been affected because of this.
11 September 2024 News