Indigenous malting barley sector honoured at awards ceremony

The importance of a strong indigenous malting barley industry was highlighted yesterday at an awards ceremony for growers in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.

The Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards heard that Diageo is the largest purchaser of malting barley in the country, buying over 10% of the total produce.

Diageo’s agricultural purchases is worth over €250m to the rural economy annually.