Mark Browne from Wexford has been elected chair of the IFA Grain Committee, taking over from Liam Dunne following his four-year term.
Many believe that the tillage sector has reached crisis point and Browne will have big shoes to fill, after Dunne led the tillage protest last year which saw a combine harvester parked outside Agriculture House.
Browne is a tillage farmer from Enniscorthy, farming over 300ha of cereals, oilseeds and protein crops in conjunction with his brother.
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Speaking about his priorities for the role, Mark said he and the committee will focus on:
Maximising the price for grain, proteins and straw from the 2018 harvest.
Promoting native cereals and proteins to maximise their inclusion in compound feed rations and farm-to-farm sales.
Developing an assurance scheme with co-ops and grain merchants to give greater visibility around the inclusion of native cereals and proteins in compound feed rations.
Revising the malting barley model to deliver greater returns for malting barley, with an increased premium for distilling barley.
Examining land use opportunities for crops and crop residues to develop alternative income streams.
Prior to the closure of Irish Sugar, Browne was a significant sugar beet grower. He dries and stores much of his own grain, but also produces significant quantities of premium crops, such as malting barley, milling wheat and oats.
Browne previously chaired the Boortmalt Malting Barley Steering Group and was key to the development of the fledgling distilling malting barley supply chain a number of years ago.
Browne and his brother have pioneered the use of min- and strip-till techniques on their farm over the last number of years.
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Mark Browne from Wexford has been elected chair of the IFA Grain Committee, taking over from Liam Dunne following his four-year term.
Many believe that the tillage sector has reached crisis point and Browne will have big shoes to fill, after Dunne led the tillage protest last year which saw a combine harvester parked outside Agriculture House.
Browne is a tillage farmer from Enniscorthy, farming over 300ha of cereals, oilseeds and protein crops in conjunction with his brother.
Speaking about his priorities for the role, Mark said he and the committee will focus on:
Maximising the price for grain, proteins and straw from the 2018 harvest.
Promoting native cereals and proteins to maximise their inclusion in compound feed rations and farm-to-farm sales.
Developing an assurance scheme with co-ops and grain merchants to give greater visibility around the inclusion of native cereals and proteins in compound feed rations.
Revising the malting barley model to deliver greater returns for malting barley, with an increased premium for distilling barley.
Examining land use opportunities for crops and crop residues to develop alternative income streams.
Prior to the closure of Irish Sugar, Browne was a significant sugar beet grower. He dries and stores much of his own grain, but also produces significant quantities of premium crops, such as malting barley, milling wheat and oats.
Browne previously chaired the Boortmalt Malting Barley Steering Group and was key to the development of the fledgling distilling malting barley supply chain a number of years ago.
Browne and his brother have pioneered the use of min- and strip-till techniques on their farm over the last number of years.
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