Welcome to the Spring 2024 Edition of the AgTech Ireland Newsletter Farmers have had a very difficult time this last winter and spring. Tillage farmers struggled to harvest last autumn, and now have to plant late on land up to recently saturated. High rainfall since summer also required early housing of animals on most farms, …
Welcome to the Winter edition of the AgTech Ireland Newsletter Edition 2 / Issue 3 2023 has proven challenging for the agriculture sector. Commodity prices fell dramatically while input costs continued at high levels, squeezing farmers’ margins. Weather conditions oscillated from too dry to too wet, with disastrous consequences for the 2023 grain, oilseed and …
Welcome to the Autumn edition of the AgTech Ireland Newsletter 2023 has been busy so far for AgTech Ireland. Our round table last year with Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue helped us gain official recognition of the importance of agtech in supporting Irish agriculture to achieve its climate and environmental obligations. We have now an established …