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Tillage Podcast: scheme delays, Irish grain and filling AgNav

This week’s show was recorded at the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society’s spring workshop and hits some of the latest topics in the tillage sector.

NEWS 5 March 2026

Tillage Podcast: scheme delays, Irish grain and filling AgNav

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Majority of Laois malting growers remain without tonnage

Majority of Laois malting growers remain without tonnage

NEWS 3 March 2026

Grain Trends: markets slightly more positive

Grain Trends: markets slightly more positive

MARKETS 25 February 2026

Boortmalt offers Stradbally 'unviable' contracts

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

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

NEWS 19 February 2026

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Brewers told 'tillage has never been so vulnerable'

Brewers told 'tillage has never been so vulnerable'

The Guinness/Boortmalt awards took place in St James’s Gate brewery on Wednesday 18 February.

NEWS 5 February 2026

Wexford brothers crowned malting barley winners

Wexford brothers crowned malting barley winners

The Diageo Guinness awards took place on Wednesday 18 February at St James's gate in Dublin.

NEWS 5 February 2026

€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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 February 2026

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