Few bright spots for growers

IFA said international grain prices moved lower last Monday as Russia-Ukraine tensions eased, and markets talked up prospects of large US and EU maize harvests.

One of the few bright spots for growers were future prices for new crop wheat collection in October 2015 at €20/t over price offers for the 2014 crop.

Irish dried grain prices were steady at €155-158/t for barley, with some deals reported at €160 in the North- East and north Midlands. Wheat was unchanged at €160--€162.