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Tillage
Tillage Podcast: selling grain and protecting crops
Siobhán Walsh
On this week’s show, we hear from the fields and look at the grain trading trends of Irish tillage farmers.
8 May 2024 News
Grain prices strengthen as planting continues
Grain prices have been increasing in recent weeks, but took significant jumps in recent days.
8 May 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: upward price trend continues
Grain markets are currently on an upward trend, as weather affects crops around the world.
45% of tillage farmers forward selling grain
Readers took part in a grain trading survey. Siobhán Walsh outlines some of the details in this article.
8 May 2024 News
Grain Trends: rally in grain markets
Grain markets were increasing this week. There were a number of different factors affecting prices.
24 April 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: wheat steady as oilseed drops
Oilseed rape prices dropped dramatically in the last few days, after a significant rise in recent weeks.
17 April 2024 Markets
Up to £20/t to come off livestock rations
Livestock rations will see significant price cuts being applied from 1 May in NI.
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
We can’t control the weather, but we can have some control on grain prices
Managing risk for your farming business is essential. An Irish company is trying to help farmers manage risk.
10 April 2024 News
Grain Trends: oilseed rape on the up
Grain markets were steady this week and oilseed rape prices increased.
10 April 2024 Markets
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
Listen: walking crops in Brazil and reducing price risk for farmers
Conor Condron from Co Offaly joins this week’s Young Stock Podcast. He manages risk while trading commodities.
8 April 2024 News
Incessant rain continues to hit morale in tillage sector
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to Michael Hennessy, head of crops in Teagasc about the effect of the current weather situation on tillage farmers
3 April 2024 News