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Tillage
First malting price of the season published
Siobhán Walsh
The averaging of prices for Boortmalt suppliers started last week, a week earlier than it did in 2023.
3 April 2024 Letters
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
Letter regarding Diageo's proposed brewery in Newbridge
"Diageo’s new brewery will be Newbridge or nowhere in Ireland" - Martin Heydon, TD, Minister of State, Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine.
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
'Pretty good story to tell on Slaney' - Burgess
The 2024 malting barley conference heard some reasons for cautious optimism on water quality.
21 February 2024 News
Lovely Laois oats top Tirlán grain awards
The Tirlán grain awards presentation took place in Portlaoise on Tuesday 20 February.
20 February 2024 News
Midleton farmer crowned malting barley grower of the year
A Midleton farmer has been crowned the Dairygold malting barley farmer of the year for the 2023 season. The announcement was made at the co-op’s annual tillage conference.
12 January 2024 News
Dairygold malting barley competition finalists announced
The regional winners of the Dairygold malting barley competition have been announced and one of the four will be awarded the Dairygold malting barley grower of the year award.
19 December 2023 News
An Bord Pleanála backs Diageo’s €200m Kildare brewery
The brewery was initially granted permission, but it was appealed to An Bord Pleanála by two parties, including by a group associated with the man at the centre of the RTÉ Investigates controversy.
12 December 2023 News
Grain Trends: soya continues upward momentum
Soya and malting barley are the crops to watch this week in the markets, with weather affecting elsewhere.
8 November 2023 Markets
Malt imports jump significantly
Imports of malt into the country have taken a dramatic rise so far in 2023, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.
7 November 2023 News