Crops Malting Webinar – Thursday, 10 February | 11:30am
The webinar was held as part of the Teagasc Boortmalt Joint Programme on malting barley.
On this webinar which took place on Thursday, 10 February, host Michael Hennessy, Head of Crops Knowledge Transfer Department, Teagasc was joined by Eoin Lyons, Teagasc Boortmalt Joint Programme Advisor; David Walsh-Kemmis, Laois farmer and Malt Barley Monitor Farmer; Dr Richie Hackett, Teagasc Researcher; John Crowley, Wexford farmer and Malt Barley Monitor Farmer; Dr Gary Lanigan, Teagasc Researcher; and Tom Bryan, Boortmalt.
Eoin Lyons met with David Walsh-Kemmis who farms just outside Stradbally in Co. Laois to get an insight into how he manages both his brewing and distilling barley on the farm in relation to his N, P & K applications and also what his plans are for this year in relation to fertiliser application on his crops considering the way the fertiliser market is currently. Eoin also gave an insight into cover crop trials on the monitor farms. Richie Hackett, Teagasc discussed distilling malting barley and the nitrogen input for malting barley in 2022.
Eoin Lyons caught up with John Crowley, who farms just outside Ferns in Co. Wexford to get an insight into sustainability on his farm and how he sees it fitting into his farming system, and especially in relation to malting barley. Gary Lanigan gave an insight into the sustainablity of malting barley and some of the factors that we can do to help reduce the greenhouse gases from malting barley production.
Eoin Lyons gave an update on the Teagasc Boortmalt Joint Programme and some of the ongoing work in the programme. Tom Bryan gave an update on the new malting plant.
Watch webinar recording below