Tillage farmers advised to go organic

Tillage farmers are missing out on a valuable €350 per tonne grain crop, say organic farmers.

That is what Flahavan’s pay for milling oats, according to well-known organic farmer Patrick Lalor, a member of the board of management of Organic Trust, one of the Irish organic certification bodies.

He said, “It is a fantastic price. I have no doubt that it is way more profitable for a cereal grower to produce organic oats at €350 a tonne than it is to produce conventional oats for between €100 and €200 a tonne.