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Grain Trends: markets slightly more positive

Markets were positive at times over the last week, but there is no big sign of improvements at the minute.

MARKETS 25 February 2026

Grain Trends: markets slightly more positive

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Boortmalt offers Stradbally 'unviable' contracts

Boortmalt offers Stradbally 'unviable' contracts

NEWS 25 February 2026

Tillage Podcast: flour funding, malting, straw houses and Bord Bia feed rules

Tillage Podcast: flour funding, malting, straw houses and Bord Bia feed rules

NEWS 19 February 2026

Brewers told 'tillage has never been so vulnerable'

Brewers told 'tillage has never been so vulnerable'

Brewers told 'tillage has never been so vulnerable'

NEWS 18 February 2026

Wexford brothers crowned malting barley winners

Wexford brothers crowned malting barley winners

Wexford brothers crowned malting barley winners

NEWS 18 February 2026

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€225/t on offer for malting barley

€225/t on offer for malting barley

There are reports of a price of €225/t for growers supplying malting barley to merchants supplying Boortmalt.

NEWS 4 February 2026

Pics: see the 12 Tirlán grain award winners

Pics: see the 12 Tirlán grain award winners

Here are all the winners of the Tirlán Grain Quality Awards announced last week at a ceremony in Co Cork.

NEWS 4 February 2026

Examining costs and returns closely is key

Examining costs and returns closely is key

Farmers need to be do their own costs and return and examine costs, varieties, prices and price offers that come their way writes Siobhán Walsh.

CROPS 4 February 2026

Malt growers cannot be 'pawns in a game of chess'

Malt growers cannot be 'pawns in a game of chess'

The IFA has sent out a statement on a meeting it had with Boortmalt this week which saw contract losses and price discussed.

NEWS 4 February 2026

Tillage Podcast: fungicides expert, farm numbers and weather

Tillage Podcast: fungicides expert, farm numbers and weather

This week’s show features a fungicide resistance expert, all the latest news, market and weather reports.

NEWS 4 February 2026

Grain Trends: no big moves up or down

Grain Trends: no big moves up or down

Grain markets were largely unchanged this week once again, with little news to move prices significantly.

MARKETS 4 February 2026

Call for Minister and Diageo to take action on Boortmalt decision

Call for Minister and Diageo to take action on Boortmalt decision

A Laois TD has wrote to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Boortmalt and Diageo to try and ensure traditional malting barley growers do not lose their premium crop.

NEWS 4 February 2026

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Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

Just outside Ramelton, Co Donegal, Bert McCloy and his son-in-law Jason Peoples run a busy dairy farm milking around 200 cows.

Raising healthy calves on the McCloy-Peoples’ Farm in Donegal

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