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Minister Heydon announces €29.1m of payments to tillage farmers

The Department has said that payments will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days.

NEWS 23 March 2026

Minister Heydon announces €29.1m of payments to tillage farmers

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Grain growers question scrutiny of grain imports

Grain growers question scrutiny of grain imports

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Two-crop rule leeway only for holdings under 30ha

Two-crop rule leeway only for holdings under 30ha

Two-crop rule leeway only for holdings under 30ha

NEWS 18 November 2025

Chorus to crafts: women’s groups finding harmony

Chorus to crafts: women’s groups finding harmony

Chorus to crafts: women’s groups finding harmony

L2 22 October 2025

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Letter urging support for Irish tillage farmers

Letter urging support for Irish tillage farmers

"Something has to be done as soon as possible to add value to Irish grain" – Jamie O’Sullivan, Co Cork

LETTERS 13 August 2025

Boortmalt’s reduction in malting barley price an ‘insult’ – grain growers

Boortmalt’s reduction in malting barley price an ‘insult’ – grain growers

Addressing Boortmalt’s malting barley base price of €209/t, the Irish Grain Growers Group said drying and handling charges must now be dropped.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Tillage Podcast: ploughing chats, tillage crisis and €60m funding

Tillage Podcast: ploughing chats, tillage crisis and €60m funding

On this week’s podcast, we spoke to Minister Martin Heydon and tillage representatives on the future of the sector.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Tillage talks at Ploughing 2025

Tillage talks at Ploughing 2025

The Irish Farmers Journal hopes to see as many readers and listeners as possible at the stand at the National Ploughing Championships.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Long Read: tillage sector needs money, but it may not be forthcoming

Long Read: tillage sector needs money, but it may not be forthcoming

With external pressures, global and regional uncertainty undermining the Government's spending capacity, tillage farmers' legitimate calls for urgent financial support may only be partially answered.

OPINION 13 August 2025

'This sector can’t be neglected' - over 700 at tillage meeting

'This sector can’t be neglected' - over 700 at tillage meeting

Over 700 farmers attended the IFA's tillage crisis meeting on Friday night, which the Minister for Agriculture attended.

NEWS 13 August 2025

Tillage farmers frustrated with nitrates proposals

Tillage farmers frustrated with nitrates proposals

Tillage representative groups have expressed frustration at proposed changes to the sixth Nitrates Action Plan.

NEWS 13 August 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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