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Tillage
Irish tillage needs its own Ornua-style organisation
Siobhán Walsh
Irish tillage farmers need a new organisation selling their goods or at least looking at ways to incorporate Irish tillage credentials into meat and dairy products.
Tirlán unveils revamped feed bonuses for 2025
20 December 2024 News
Tirlán unveils revamped feed bonuses for 2025
Tirlán's milk suppliers will see up to €30/t returned for meal bills between next January and April.
Tillage podcast: looking back on the tillage year
19 December 2024 News
Tillage podcast: looking back on the tillage year
On this week’s podcast we look back at the tillage year gone by and look ahead to positives for 2025.
Stable outlook for EU’s tillage sector
It is not expected that there will be much room for average tillage yields to rise over the next decade as efficiency gains are expected to be offset by climate challenges.
18 December 2024 News
Irish family biggest seller of winter rape seed in the US
The Caldbecks moved from Ireland 20 years ago and now sell oilseed rape seed to 46 of the 52 US states.
18 December 2024 News
Get out the soil sampler this winter
Soil sampling is essential to know what nutrients your land needs and what fertiliser should be bought.
17 December 2024 News
Brewers grains to fuel elite athletes
There are loads of opportunities to produce high-protein ingredients from Irish grain and plants. This can also make for a more sustainable production chain.
15 December 2024 News
US sets rules for native barley use in whiskey production
A new set of rules was outlined by the US Department of Treasury on 13 December and outlines a requirement to use native barley.
14 December 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: BYDV, US farming and Mercosur’s impact on tillage
On this week’s Tillage Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to the Irish Farmers Journal’s Pat O’Toole and Conor Kehoe and ITLUS’s Denis Dunne about Mercosur, aphids, the Rosenbohm US scholarship and much more
12 December 2024 News
€150m paid to 34,673 farmers in ACRES
The payments include €123.7m paid to 28,294 tranche one participants and €26.5m paid to 6,379 tranche two participants.
11 December 2024 News
Straw Incorporation Measure payments begin to issue
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days.
11 December 2024 News
Straw Incorporation Measure payments begin to issue
Payments under the Straw Incorporation Measure will be visible in farmers’ bank accounts in the coming days.
11 December 2024 News