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Malting varieties show highest levels of skinning

Malting varieties have shown to have the highest levels of skinning of the spring barley varieties in trial. This is not good for the farmer or the malting plant.

NEWS 15 July 2025

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Yellow rust dominates talk at open days

Yellow rust dominates talk at open days

VARIETIES 13 July 2025

Spring wheat has plenty of varieties in the pipeline

Spring wheat has plenty of varieties in the pipeline

VARIETIES 12 July 2025

Wheat varieties turning a corner

Wheat varieties turning a corner

Wheat varieties turning a corner

VARIETIES 12 July 2025

Tillage Podcast: harvest, seed and northeast varieties

Tillage Podcast: harvest, seed and northeast varieties

Tillage Podcast: harvest, seed and northeast varieties

NEWS 10 July 2025

BYDV tolerance dominates winter barley fields

BYDV tolerance dominates winter barley fields

Winter barley varieties now need to be excellent on all other traits if they do not have BYDV tolerance or resistance traits.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

Search for oats is on for growing market

Search for oats is on for growing market

A search for more varieties is on with many varieties in trial to try and serve a growing, high-value market.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

16 varieties in spring barley seed production for 2026

16 varieties in spring barley seed production for 2026

There is great choice available to growers of spring barley which is Ireland’s biggest tillage crop.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

Bean growers get another variety option

Bean growers get another variety option

Beans offer insurance from the Protein Aid Scheme payment, but varieties make them a consistent crop to grow.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

Sustainable varieties are here and need to be adopted by all

Sustainable varieties are here and need to be adopted by all

Farmers and industry need to move on to using the most sustainable varieties that are out there and being made available by seed companies.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

Rye area continues to grow and varieties with it

Rye area continues to grow and varieties with it

Hybrid rye is growing in popularity and some merchants like to give farmers the option of growing it and buying it for animal feed.

VARIETIES 3 July 2025

Tillage Podcast: harvest, UK farm visit and all the grain news

Tillage Podcast: harvest, UK farm visit and all the grain news

On this week’s show, we talk to two guests on soil, grass weeds and varieties and we have all the latest tillage news.

NEWS 3 July 2025

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