Tillage News

News Crops Husbandry Markets Soils

4,000 watch Galway contractor beat 37-year-old ploughing world record time

In front of 4,000 onlookers, Pa McHugh broke the existing world record ploughing the fastest acre, at the Glenamaddy District Ploughing and Agricultural Show. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.

NEWS 7 October 2026

4,000 watch Galway contractor beat 37-year-old ploughing world record time

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

Farmer views: Grain prices not 'an answer to our problems'

Farmer views: Grain prices not 'an answer to our problems'

NEWS 7 October 2026

676 farms stop growing tillage crops in 2026

676 farms stop growing tillage crops in 2026

NEWS 7 October 2026

IFA seeks early payment of €30m tillage support in 2027

IFA seeks early payment of €30m tillage support in 2027

IFA seeks early payment of €30m tillage support in 2027

NEWS 7 October 2026

Budget 2027: extra €4m SIM funds part of €54m total for tillage sector

Budget 2027: extra €4m SIM funds part of €54m total for tillage sector

Budget 2027: extra €4m SIM funds part of €54m total for tillage sector

NEWS 6 October 2026

ADVERTISEMENT

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

IFA to hold emergency meeting for malting barley growers

IFA to hold emergency meeting for malting barley growers

Following Boortmalt's rejection to a formal meeting with the IFA unless a legal NDA was signed, the IFA is holding an emergency meeting with malting barley growers to discuss margins for 2026.

NEWS 30 September 2026

Changes made to food and feed safety simplification package

Changes made to food and feed safety simplification package

Some measures to reduce the backlogs in the registration of active substances have been removed from the food and feed safety simplification package.

NEWS 30 September 2026

Budget day must support struggling tillage sector

Budget day must support struggling tillage sector

Budget 2027 is here, and tillage is one agricultural sector that needs support as input costs rise and grain prices fail to move with them.

NEWS 30 September 2026

Wheat nearly ripe on space station

Wheat nearly ripe on space station

It has been reported that wheat is nearly ripe on a Chinese space station and many different plant varieties and species have been grown.

NEWS 30 September 2026

IFA seeks meeting with Boortmalt amid calls to remove charge

IFA seeks meeting with Boortmalt amid calls to remove charge

The IFA wants to discuss the removal of the €10/t charge on malting-barley price and to discuss the future of malting barley in Ireland.

NEWS 30 September 2026

Tillage podcast: prices, costs, slurry and tyres

Tillage podcast: prices, costs, slurry and tyres

Grain prices are the main story this week, and we chat through those prices at the start of this week’s podcast.

NEWS 30 September 2026

Harvest prices not enough to combat rising input costs

Harvest prices not enough to combat rising input costs

Grain prices announced this week are up, but not enough to make figures stack up on tillage farms.

NEWS 30 September 2026

SPONSORED

Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

New grower-led network will foster collaboration, support emerging leaders and help attract the next generation of horticulture talent into the sector.

Bord Bia launches HortLink to strengthen Ireland’s horticulture community

LOAD MORE STORIES