Winter Barley

Grain Trends: grains and oilseeds rise again this week

Wheat, corn and oilseed prices have all increased in recent weeks on French, US and UK markets.

MARKETS 22 July 2026

Grain Trends: grains and oilseeds rise again this week

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Mixed grain yields in drought conditions

Mixed grain yields in drought conditions

CROPS 22 July 2026

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

Home Farm: an extraordinary week

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

All farmers to be accepted into the Straw Incorporation Measure

All farmers to be accepted into the Straw Incorporation Measure

All farmers to be accepted into the Straw Incorporation Measure

NEWS 22 July 2026

Harvest continues at pace as oilseed rape performs well

Harvest continues at pace as oilseed rape performs well

Harvest continues at pace as oilseed rape performs well

NEWS 19 July 2026

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Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

This week’s show features an interview with James O’Loughlin of Quinns and a chance to win one of three €250 fuel vouchers.

NEWS 15 July 2026

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

Farmer Writes: harvesting by hook or by crook

The onset of harvest today is positively boring towards this carry on, but chances are your ancestors were at it centuries ago.

FARMER WRITES 15 July 2026

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Dream harvest for winter barley in NI

Growers in Co Down suggest there is a ready market for good quality straw, with prices generally picking up at last year’s levels.

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 July 2026

Mixed yields as harvest continues

Mixed yields as harvest continues

Winter barley, winter oats and oilseed rape have all been cut across the country as high temperatures continue.

NEWS 15 July 2026

Low-moisture grain and thriving maize

Low-moisture grain and thriving maize

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Offaly, Laois and Louth, where the harvest has begun and maize is flying in the hot weather.

CROPS 15 July 2026

Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

Good barley, good weather and a good rotation

Last Friday, we visited John Culbert as he harvested winter barley on his farm outside Athy, as temperatures hit somewhere around 28°C.

CROPS 15 July 2026

Watch: harvesting winter barley in the heatwave

Watch: harvesting winter barley in the heatwave

Watch this tillage farmer cutting winter barley in Athy last Friday in the heatwave. Moisture contents were low, but conditions were good.

NEWS 15 July 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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