Wexford farmer Padraig Kehoe has scooped Bootmalt’s top prize for his malting barley at the 2018 Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards.
“It’s a great honour to win this title,” Kehoe said.
“I am looking forward to bringing the Guinness Perpetual Cup to Wexford, knowing that I join the list of talented and skilled barley farmers who have held it since 1954.
“My winning formula for quality malting barley is to sow early if the conditions are right and, if not, be patient.”
Guinness connection
The awards, held in the Guinness Storehouse on 6 November, are organised annually by Boortmalt and this year’s prize cup was awarded by Pat Deering TD, chair of the joint Oireachtas committee for agriculture.
Quality barley has always played an important part in the brewing of Ireland’s trademark Guinness draught and Aidan Crowe, the operations director at Diageo’s St James’s Gate Brewery said: “At Diageo, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of sustainable brewing and supporting Ireland’s agricultural sector.”
Other winners included:
New Ross/Tintern: Mark McCaughley, Dunbrody, Campile, New Ross, Co Wexford.Cooladine Enniscorthy: Padraig Kehoe, Garrymile, The Ballagh, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.Ballycarney, Enniscorthy: Alan Mooney, Gurrawn, Rathnure, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.Athy, Kildare: Charles Chambers, Pill Farm, Moone, Athy, Co Kildare.Stradbally, Laois: Richard and Raymond Carter, Timogue, Stradbally, Co Laois.Carlow/Daltons: Michael Byrne, Pollerton Little, The Hill, Carlow.Francis Kehoe from Lacken, New Ross, Co Wexford, took home the first prize for seed growing.
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Wexford farmer Padraig Kehoe has scooped Bootmalt’s top prize for his malting barley at the 2018 Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards.
“It’s a great honour to win this title,” Kehoe said.
“I am looking forward to bringing the Guinness Perpetual Cup to Wexford, knowing that I join the list of talented and skilled barley farmers who have held it since 1954.
“My winning formula for quality malting barley is to sow early if the conditions are right and, if not, be patient.”
Guinness connection
The awards, held in the Guinness Storehouse on 6 November, are organised annually by Boortmalt and this year’s prize cup was awarded by Pat Deering TD, chair of the joint Oireachtas committee for agriculture.
Quality barley has always played an important part in the brewing of Ireland’s trademark Guinness draught and Aidan Crowe, the operations director at Diageo’s St James’s Gate Brewery said: “At Diageo, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of sustainable brewing and supporting Ireland’s agricultural sector.”
Other winners included:
New Ross/Tintern: Mark McCaughley, Dunbrody, Campile, New Ross, Co Wexford.Cooladine Enniscorthy: Padraig Kehoe, Garrymile, The Ballagh, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.Ballycarney, Enniscorthy: Alan Mooney, Gurrawn, Rathnure, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.Athy, Kildare: Charles Chambers, Pill Farm, Moone, Athy, Co Kildare.Stradbally, Laois: Richard and Raymond Carter, Timogue, Stradbally, Co Laois.Carlow/Daltons: Michael Byrne, Pollerton Little, The Hill, Carlow.Francis Kehoe from Lacken, New Ross, Co Wexford, took home the first prize for seed growing. Read more
No promise to re-open rural Garda stations
Winter grain acreage up as conditions remain ideal
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