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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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Whiskey technical file a 'large piece of work'

Whiskey technical file a 'large piece of work'

NEWS 10 December 2025

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

Tillage farmers to be paid for sustainability in new pilot scheme

NEWS 10 December 2025

Record amount of Irish whiskey sold last year

Record amount of Irish whiskey sold last year

Record amount of Irish whiskey sold last year

NEWS 9 December 2025

Consultation on whiskey technical file delayed

Consultation on whiskey technical file delayed

Consultation on whiskey technical file delayed

NEWS 3 December 2025

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Minister wants changes to 2026 tillage scheme to better target €30m funds

Minister wants changes to 2026 tillage scheme to better target €30m funds

Minister Heydon has pointed towards a more targeted €30m tillage scheme opening next year than was opened this year.

NEWS 8 October 2025

Malting Company of Ireland annual results show rise in profits

Malting Company of Ireland annual results show rise in profits

Sales at the company were down by one quarter, with profit growth driven by exceptional items.

NEWS 8 October 2025

Michael Scully has resigned as director of Clonakilty Distillery

Michael Scully has resigned as director of Clonakilty Distillery

Company financial report for 2024 shows a loss of €1.55m in the year.

NEWS 8 October 2025

Tillage Podcast: straw, whiskey and magic insect traps

Tillage Podcast: straw, whiskey and magic insect traps

On this week’s show, we have guests from Bayer Crop Science and a distillery in England focused on ingredients.

NEWS 8 October 2025

Bidder emerges for Waterford Whiskey business

Bidder emerges for Waterford Whiskey business

US distiller in exclusive talks to buy distiller which entered receivership last year .

NEWS 8 October 2025

Agriculture commissioner leads mission to Brazil

Agriculture commissioner leads mission to Brazil

Bord Bia and Ornua are taking part in a trade mission to Brazil this week, which is being led by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen.

NEWS 8 October 2025

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

Dempsey at Large: ultimately, politics is about people and policies

The key acknowledgment was that the Irish tillage sector is not competing on a level playing field.

VIEWPOINTS 8 October 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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