Person: Mark Browne

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Lack of rain will hit harvest hard

THE weather is the enduring conversation opener, especially among farmers, whose work in cultivating the land for food production largely depends on all its vagaries.

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Farmers facing 50% less straw due to drought

Liam O'Flaherty, head of Agribusiness, at Dairygold

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Co-ops say impact of Covid-19 on breweries and distilleries won't affect their malting barley contracts

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Barley growers to share whiskey success

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Severe risk of potato shortage due to wet weather

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Insecticide ban leaves search for new ways to save cereal crops from aphids

Boortmalt purchase welcomed by growers

Growers of malting barley, mainly used for beer and whiskey making, have welcomed a statement from Boortmalt that it intends to purchase the 2019 crop as per contracted requirements.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2019

Mushroom composters recognise importance of local straw supply after shortages

Mushroom composters have recognised the importance of a local supply of straw after last years shortages and are proposing contracts to guarantee enough quantities.

Wed, 17 Jul, 2019

'That's blindly ignorant': Minister dismisses claims farmers could produce enough veg to supply the country

The idea of Ireland producing enough vegetables and grain to supply the country has been dismissed as "blindly ignorant" nonsense by the Agriculture Minister.

Tue, 25 Jun, 2019

IFA warns that Ireland's imports of non-EU maize are undermining Origin Green credentials

IFA grain chairman, Mark Browne, said that Irish tillage farmers are furious about the continued failure of many animal feed merchants to use local barley.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2019

€2.75m fodder incentive for tillage farmers

An extra 23,000 hectares of catch crops is the aim of the €100-155 per hectare incentive for tillage farmers announced last week by the government.

Thu, 09 Aug, 2018