Beet industry set for revival
A revival of the sugar beet industry may be in the pipeline as a new factory site is being considered...
Irish malting barley is a premium fully traceable GM free crop with a unique provenance. Irish malting barley growers have for generations been proud of…
Read MoreTillage, the cornerstone of the Irish agricultural industry, has been neglected by successive governments and their agencies, hammered by years of low prices and let…
Read MoreThe Irish Grain Growers are a newly formed group, representing arable farmers in the Midlands, South East and South of the country. Our aim is to focus on and promote all the positive aspects tillage farming. We want to improve the industry by promoting constructive communication amongst growers, consumers, manufacturers and policy makers.
We feel that government policy in the past, has neglected tillage, relative to other sectors, as is clearly reflected in the blue print for agriculture, Food Wise 2025 and Food Harvest 2020 policy documents. There seems much more focus on dairy and beef sector in recent years, whilst, in many ways, failing to recognise the contribution of the indigenous tillage sector.
A revival of the sugar beet industry may be in the pipeline as a new factory site is being considered...
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) will hold a meeting to follow up on the report on the Future of...
The European Commission Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) voted on the criteria which determine endocrine disruptors...
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) took its protest inside the Guinness Storehouse on Monday (December 4). The IGGG has...
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) will return to the Guinness Storehouse next Monday (December 4) to stage another demonstration....
Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland November 2017 The Irish...
Beet was a hot topic in the ‘Future of the Tillage Sector in Ireland’ report, which was published earlier this week....
Despite the success of the Irish drinks industry, the tillage sector in Ireland is struggling significantly, according to Fianna Fail...
Tightening global supplies of wheat and the threat of La Nina is expected to boost wheat prices in 2018. Global...
The ICSA has called for the tillage forum to be reconvened at the earliest possible date. The Irish Cattle and...