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Making gin from potatoes in Wexford

Conor Kehoe reports from the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society's spring workshop where diversification into alcohol has been a success for one potato farm.

CROPS 11 March 2026

Making gin from potatoes in Wexford

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Laois farmer named Tirlán's top grain quality award winner

Laois farmer named Tirlán's top grain quality award winner

NEWS 10 February 2026

Bidder emerges for Waterford Whiskey business

Bidder emerges for Waterford Whiskey business

NEWS 12 November 2025

Whiskey consultation to begin this year

Whiskey consultation to begin this year

Whiskey consultation to begin this year

NEWS 28 September 2025

Pre-Famine barley purchase records at Midleton Distillery now available online

Pre-Famine barley purchase records at Midleton Distillery now available online

Pre-Famine barley purchase records at Midleton Distillery now available online

NEWS 24 September 2025

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Irish Distillers to resume whiskey production in Cork

Irish Distillers to resume whiskey production in Cork

Irish Distillers paused production at its Midleton distillery in April of this year, but is due to restart in the coming weeks.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Watch: winter barley harvest gets under way in Kilkenny

Watch: winter barley harvest gets under way in Kilkenny

Beef and tillage farmer Morgan Ging was the first over Dalton's Chancellor's Mills' weighbridge this year for harvest 2025.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Distilleries hope US tariff threat is a short-term issue

Distilleries hope US tariff threat is a short-term issue

The Irish Farmers Journal queried whiskey distillers and stakeholders across the island of Ireland about the outlook for the industry in the current political climate.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Opinion: whiskey tariffs are the cloud in bright March skies

Opinion: whiskey tariffs are the cloud in bright March skies

Good weather means a spring in the step of farmers planting crops, but the markets are not as bright as the weather, with tariffs (yet again) a threat.

OPINION 1 January 1970

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