harvest

Diageo ups the price of a pint as malting barley prices drop 23% in 2025 – IFA

IFA grain chair John Murphy said malting barley growers have been left behind again and will be asking when some of this money will make its way back to growers.

NEWS 14 January 2026

Diageo ups the price of a pint as malting barley prices drop 23% in 2025 – IFA

MOST READ STORIES

1

2

3

4

5

Minimum price of €230/t offered for beans by Dairygold

Minimum price of €230/t offered for beans by Dairygold

NEWS 10 January 2026

Minister called on to act on tillage incomes

Minister called on to act on tillage incomes

NEWS 7 January 2026

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

Market Digest: stories from around the world

WORLD 31 December 2025

Farmer Writes: overindulging on looking back on the past

Farmer Writes: overindulging on looking back on the past

Farmer Writes: overindulging on looking back on the past

FARMER WRITES 30 December 2025

ADVERTISEMENT

Claas develop Nutrimeter NIR for analysis and yield mapping on Lexion combine

Claas develop Nutrimeter NIR for analysis and yield mapping on Lexion combine

Ahead of the 2026 season, Claas in introducing the Nutrimeter Grain features, which will be the first new transmissive NIR sensor for yield and ingredient determination on its Lexion combine.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Farming in the Holy Land is a daily struggle

Farming in the Holy Land is a daily struggle

Doha Musa is a farmer in the West Bank in Palestine. Her life is one that makes Mercosur, CAP reform and the nitrates directive seem trivial.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Imported straw could carry billions of blackgrass seeds

Billions of blackgrass seeds could be coming into the country in every load of straw imported from Britain, based on estimated infestation levels.

NEWS 6 November 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 6 November 2025

Minister urges farmers to purchase Irish straw

Minister urges farmers to purchase Irish straw

The Minister for Agriculture has said that farmers should support a fair and functioning market for Irish straw.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Teagasc estimates increase in 2025 cereal production

Teagasc estimates increase in 2025 cereal production

Cereal production has increased since 2024. The area also increased which helped to achieve this production increase.

NEWS 6 November 2025

Malting Company of Ireland to reduce contracts for harvest 2026

Malting Company of Ireland to reduce contracts for harvest 2026

Farmers supplying Dairygold and Tirlán with malting barley will be affected by this announcement.

NEWS 6 November 2025

SPONSORED

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

LOAD MORE STORIES