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Tillage Podcast: Wexford harvest, yield results and prices
Siobhán Walsh
On this week’s show we’re focused on harvest and how it’s progressing and crops are yielding around the country.
28 August 2024 News
Harvest update: some very poor yields, but some positive too
As the main spring barley harvest comes upon us, we asked agronomists to report grain yields and quality so far.
28 August 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: some recovery from dramatic drop
Grain prices looked a bit more positive this week, with a rise from some of the lowest prices of the year.
Good weather on the way for spring barley harvest
There looks to be fine weather in the forecast for what is expected to be a peak of spring barley harvesting in the coming week.
28 August 2024 News
Malt quality vital for viable harvest
With a high proportion of grain crops in Wexford, Carlow and Laois being malting barley, passing quality controls will be vital to ensuring a margin for growers
14 August 2024 News
Grain Trends: oilseed rape falls €50/t since mid-July
Grain prices remained steady, but oilseed rape prices dropped dramatically this week.
7 August 2024 Markets
Tillage management: harvest, planting, stubbles and glyphosate
There’s a lot going on on some tillage farms. Oilseed rape may no sooner be harvested than it needs to be planted again.
7 August 2024 Husbandry
Malting price maintaining premium over feed barley
Boortmalt bases its harvest price off the average of a price for Planet malting in France.
6 August 2024 News
Grain Trends: prices down this week despite dry weather
There is dry weather in many parts of Europe, but this does not seem to be driving prices upwards at present.
31 July 2024 Markets
Price bonus offered for carbon-certified barley
Some farmers are paid for taking part in sustainability and regenerative agriculture programmes. However, some are not paid, but receive soil sampling or seed.
26 June 2024 News
Boortmalt malting barley price - where it stands now
Those supplying malting barley which is eventually sold to Boortmalt follow an averaging system to calculate the harvest price.
25 June 2024 News
Boortmalt enters partnership with Soil Capital
Boortmalt has partnered with Soil Capital, an expert agronomy firm leading food system resilience and climate action, to support agriculture decarbonisation.
8 May 2024 News