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Tillage
Price bonus offered for carbon-certified barley
Siobhán Walsh
Some farmers are paid for taking part in sustainability and regenerative agriculture programmes. However, some are not paid, but receive soil sampling or seed.
25 June 2024 News
Boortmalt malting barley price - where it stands now
Those supplying malting barley which is eventually sold to Boortmalt follow an averaging system to calculate the harvest price.
8 May 2024 News
Boortmalt enters partnership with Soil Capital
Boortmalt has partnered with Soil Capital, an expert agronomy firm leading food system resilience and climate action, to support agriculture decarbonisation.
Diageo's Newbridge plant clears final hurdle
Following the withdrawal of a High Court challenge to planning approval, Diageo will commence construction of a €200m brewery in Newbridge.
1 May 2024 News
Antwerp for malt discussions
The IFA travelled to Boortmalt's head office in Belgium this week to meet come of the top management in the company.
1 May 2024 News
Diageo's Newbridge plant clears final hurdle
Following the withdrawal of a High Court challenge to planning approval, Diageo will commence construction of a €200m brewery in Newbridge.
1 May 2024 News
Letter regarding planned Diageo brewery
"I believe that a thriving and growing malting barley industry and brewing will play a key role in securing the survival of the tillage sector in Ireland" - Kieran McEvoy, IFA national grain chair.
10 April 2024 Letters
First malting price of the season published
The averaging of prices for Boortmalt suppliers started last week, a week earlier than it did in 2023.
10 April 2024 News
Letter re Diageo's proposed brewery in Newbridge
"In my opinion, there does not appear to be any logic to the court action, which begs a bigger question, why?" - Liam Dunne, malting barley grower Bray House, Athy, Co Kildare.
3 April 2024 Letters
Diageo's brewery plan at the mercy of the planning system
One man stands in the way of Diageo's plan to build a €200m brewery in Newbridge. Why is John Lynch putting €50,000 to a High Court challenge that could threaten Boortmalt's expansion plans for Athy?
27 March 2024 News
Wexford man wins Guinness malting barley award
CEO Peter Nallen chooses Guinness malt barley grower awards to announce a major expansion of Boortmalt's Athy maltings.
5 March 2024 News