Feed grain costs could fall 30% within a year

THE IMPACT on livestock farmers of feed grain costs this winter will be discussed at 11am today during a Ploughing Championships seminar in the Irish Examiner marquee (Row H, stand number 250).

IFA president Padraig Walshe, Teagasc tillage expert Jim O’Mahony, and top nutritionist Gerry Giggins of Keenan Rumans, will take part in a discussion chaired by RTÉ broadcaster Damian O’Reilly.

Farmers from Kansas to India are preparing to plant the world’s largest wheat crop in 10 years, holding out hope for food processors and livestock farmers of relief next year, following this year’s 78% rise in global grain prices.