CropsWith Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada narrowing its role to early-stage breeding, the wheat and barley research coalitions have partnered and are considering a farmer-directed agency to keep new varieties coming.
CropsResearchers in Denmark and the Netherlands found that three different plants assembled different bacterial species on their roots but the same core set of 266 functions, a finding they say could guide the design of biofertilisers.
CropsThe IFA wants the maltster to waive its €10 a tonne handling charge for 2026 after harvest prices failed to reflect higher fertiliser, fuel and labour costs; the Irish Grain Growers' Group called the prices an insult.
CropsTeagasc's first look at harvest 2026 finds drought-hit yields did most damage to tillage margins, even though Irish grain prices rose about 20 euro a tonne.
CropsThe farm ministry granted an emergency exemption against grass weeds that its own safety agency twice refused; environmental groups are going to court.
Market ManagementThe Irish co-op took in more than 100,000 tonnes of grain and beans and says quality was excellent even though dry weather cut some yields.
CropsTeagasc trials over four years found tolerant winter barley varieties showed fewer virus symptoms and held yield without insecticide in a high-pressure year, but were not immune.
CropsGrowers in Orkney and Caithness are battling saturated fields and losses, while further south yields are satisfactory, winter crops are going in well and potato lifting is advancing.
CropsAfter Tirlán set its 2026 grain and oilseed prices, farm groups said soaring input and labour costs have wiped out margins and warned growers may skip potash and phosphate.
CropsIrish co-op Tirlán set harvest prices of €220/t for green feed barley and €230/t for green feed wheat, up €30/t on last year, but took in 190,000 tonnes against almost 223,000 in the 2025 bumper harvest.
CropsAHDB's final harvest update puts UK winter wheat at 6.9 t/ha, about 11 percent below the five-year average, spring barley 17 percent below and oats 14 percent below, while oilseed rape averaged 4.0 t/ha, 19 percent above.
CropsAHDB's final harvest report shows wheat down 11% and oats 14% below the five-year mean, while oilseed rape came in 19% above it at 4 t/ha.
CropsA University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute study found varieties such as Optic suppress ammonia-oxidising microbes by up to 30%, a heritable trait breeders could select to cut nitrogen losses.
