Boortmalt to Attend IFA Growers Meeting

IFA Grain Chair Kieran McEvoy has announced that IFA will host a national meeting for all malting barley growers on Monday, March 10th in the Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow, (R93 N207).
The meeting will be addressed by Stuart Sands, Boortmalt Managing Director for the UK and Ireland; Jonathan Roberts, Boortmalt Barley Procurement Manager UK and Ireland; and Shay Phelan, Tillage Specialist from Teagasc.
Boortmalt will give an update, including contract arrangements for 2025 and a rationale behind their recent fixed price offer.
“We would encourage all malting barley growers to attend this meeting, as there have been a number of very important developments in the Irish malting barley supply chain in recent months,” Kieran McEvoy said. The meeting will begin at 8pm.