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Grain Trends: highs and lows of the tillage year

Here’s a look at the high and low prices of the year and some of the things that affected prices this season.

MARKETS 31 December 2025

Grain Trends: highs and lows of the tillage year

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Grain Trends: markets continue downward trend

Grain Trends: markets continue downward trend

NEWS 23 December 2025

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

NEWS 17 December 2025

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

NEWS 16 December 2025

Grain Trends: big supplies keep prices from jumping

Grain Trends: big supplies keep prices from jumping

Grain Trends: big supplies keep prices from jumping

MARKETS 10 December 2025

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Grain Trends: no changes in 2026 price outlook

Grain Trends: no changes in 2026 price outlook

The Teagasc outlook report is not suggesting a change to grain prices for 2026 and listed factors that could affect prices.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

Farmer Writes: a poke around someone else's farmyard

Farmer Writes: a poke around someone else's farmyard

But a dairy farmer in what passes for his workshop is like me in the lingerie section in Marks and Spencer – we’re both quickly passing through and very uncomfortable about the whole experience.

FARMER WRITES 19 November 2025

Net margin on tillage farms estimated up €35/ha from poor 2024 figure

Net margin on tillage farms estimated up €35/ha from poor 2024 figure

Tillage incomes were up slightly in 2025 due to an increase in yield, but remained low as grain prices fell and direct costs remained high.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Seed trade awards students to promote jobs in tillage

Seed trade awards students to promote jobs in tillage

The Irish Seed Trade Association has presented the first of its awards to students studying crop science and agricultural science.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Grain Trends: prices up slightly this week

Grain Trends: prices up slightly this week

Grain prices are steady at present and there are offers coming on to the market for Irish farmers for harvest 2026.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

Teagasc researches benefits of oats in rations

Teagasc researches benefits of oats in rations

Teagasc has carried out research into replacing barley with oats in rations and there is no difference in animal performance.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Grain Trends: offers on the table ahead of next harvest

Grain Trends: offers on the table ahead of next harvest

Grain markets are stubborn at present, but growers were made offers for 2026 this week that are looking more positive.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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