National Crops Forum
Type Event Proceeding
The National Crops Forum was held on Thursday, 8 September, as a hybrid event, in the Killashee Hotel, Naas, county Kildare, and also as a live online webinar.
The aim of the crops forum was to discuss the latest agronomy issues facing farmers, but also the increased risks for farmers in 2023. The crops forum also launched a number of new initiatives to help farmers in the future.
Session 1
- Varieties for 2023
Cara Mac Aodháin, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) - Agronomy issues for 2023
Michael Hennessy, Teagasc - Launch of the Machinery Sharing template
Shay Phelan, Teagasc - Launch of promoting digital recording by farmers in conjunction with Farm plan
Ben Hatton, Farm Plan
The session was concluded with a Q&A with the speakers
Watch the recording of session one below
Session 2
- CAP 2023 for tillage farmers
Fran Morrin, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine - ACRES – Environment scheme
Ciaran Hickey, Teagasc Tillage Advisor - The financial effects of new payment schemes on tillage farmers
Conor O’Callaghan, Teagasc Tillage Advisor
The session was concluded with a Q&A with the speakers
Watch the recording of session two below
Session 3
During the last session, which was chaired by Andy Doyle, Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ), a panel of farmers, industry, Department of Agriculture and Teagasc staff discussed the risks of growing crops for the coming season. This section fielded questions from the audience in the room and also on the streamed webinar which covered areas such as fertiliser costs and availability, overall costs of production, likely direction of the grain markets, etc.
Watch the recording of session three below