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Tillage
Grain Trends: Matif below €230/t with generally good crop reports forecast
Siobhán Walsh
Crop reports are generally good and, at present, supply does not look like an issue in grain markets. Prices moved down again over the last few days.
24 May 2023 Northern Ireland
Falling grain prices put pressure on feed mills
Grain markets continue to trend downwards, leaving feed mills under pressure to cut ration prices.
16 May 2023 News
Record global wheat and maize crops forecast
Record crops are forecast for wheat and maize, while there also looks to be good oilseed supplies coming.
Only 40% of potatoes in the ground
There are still plenty of fields to be planted across the country. Spring cereals are almost wrapped up, but potatoes, maize and beet are all on the agenda at present.
3 May 2023 News
Grain Trends: fall continues for cereals and oilseed rape
Grain prices are on a downward trend and at present show no sign of moving upwards. Oilseed rape is on the same trend.
3 May 2023 Markets
Grain Trends: temporary peak this week
Grain prices increased earlier this week, as uncertainty surrounded imports of grain from Ukraine to Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
19 April 2023 Markets
'Big push' on maize as farmers up acreage 50% to 100%
Farmers are beginning to sow maize across the country this week as weather conditions pick up.
19 April 2023 News
Tillage Management: large amounts of work under way
As the weather is dry at present, tillage farmers are making the most of it and there is plenty of work to be done.
19 April 2023 Husbandry
Will you grow fodder for livestock?
Teagasc told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that fodder supplies are tight on many farms at its meeting last week.
16 April 2023 Crops
Grain Trends: oilseed rape dropping further, wheat down
There isn’t too much positivity in grain markets at present. Wheat and oilseeds appear to be on a downward trend.
12 April 2023 Markets
Country Crest committed to suckler sources
Shanon Kinahan recently caught up with the team at Country Crest in Co Dublin where it was clear that business is driven by passion with a focus on consistently producing quality Irish beef.
10 April 2023 News
EU cereal production to rise, imports to fall
The area under winter cereals this year is estimated to increase on last year, the Commission has said.
8 April 2023 News