Darragh Scott

This is how we make oat milk

@LiamdePaor 2k metre roll is 40kg. 3k metre must be 60kg. Does anyone actually think of the driver who has to lift that?

New 3000 m Longer Reels for Baled Silage Launched at Grass 2026 Silotite® is the market leader for baled silage film, wrapping more bales globally than any other manufacturer or brand. This year at Grass, 2026  Amcor Agriculture  who manufacture  Silotite launched their new  Baletite 3000m, netwrap  replacement film which was developed to help silage contractors reduce downtime and increase productivity. At the Grass 2026 event in Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny,  McHale Engineering  were using Baletite & Silotite on their Fusion Vario Plus tp bale and wrap the silage bales during this well attended grassland machinery demo (Attendance estimated at over 4,000 farmers & agri contractors). The new Baletite 3000m is designed for large-scale contractors, with 50% more film per roll ( the standard reel is 2000m). This allows operators to spend more time in the field without restocking reels, reducing downtime by up to 50%, depending on usage. “The 1330mm width is optimised for all combi machines, ensuring consistent bale formation and effective over-edge protection,” said Armagh man Lloyd Dawson, Silotite’s Sales Director. Pictured L2R at Grass 2026 in Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny on the busy Silotite stand L2R are : Fermanagh man, Donal Corrigan, who is the new Amcor Agriculture, Area Manager for Ireland , Barry Larkin, General Manager, ACORN Independent Agri Merchants and Armagh Man, Lloyd Dawson, Silotite Sales Director.

@1noeloconnor Returned afaik

Just chatting to a farmer now about penalties imposed for not being fully compliant with some regulations. What happens that money? Does it return to the EU or is it retained in government budgets,

Nearly four times over budget, 19 changes to completion date What an absolute joke at this stage

@dillontom Prospect

@DarraghScott What variety? Might try some no plastic this year

Maize going in. Conditions super.

It was always said that you should never let a good crisis go to waste.. Yara sees 41% year-on-year jump in Q1 earnings despite global fertiliser shock agriland.ie/farming-news/y…

@1noeloconnor No. Too dear

@DarraghScott No plastic, Darragh?

@brianrushe81 Need rain?

You’d roll an ankle walking across a paddock if you weren’t careful. If you know you know!

@padraig_breen @rayofoghlu We are facing into cap28 with a reduced budget or 20%+

@DarraghScott @rayofoghlu No reason why it cannot do both Darragh. There is a reason they are called farmland birds they need farming but with some habitat left. But yes I do think the CAP budget needs to increase to facilitate NRL

If CAP is to be cut, then we have to ensure is that we get what we say we're paying for. For example, we shouldn't pay for nature on farms that are actively reducing farm biodiversity. So...if you just cleared load of scrub, you don't get paid to plant ten trees. #publicgood

@rayofoghlu It cant do everything.

@DarraghScott Your not paid to look at it. Your paid for "public goods". “Support under the CAP shall contribute to…environmental care, including biodiversity, and to climate action.” Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Article 6 Maybe you think they should be separated? Possibly agree

How much do farmers contribute in statutory levies???

@1noeloconnor Imagine how rural backbenchers are feeling at the moment. Such a let down by a previous leader

In relation to the bould Leo's comments this weekend, there's been an interesting lack of comment from Fine Gael itself or senior party members on his comments. Tacit approval or just hoping nobody notices the lack of support shown to rural Ireland?

@rayofoghlu Agriculture was always the poor relation when the economy is booming. I recall similar conversations during the celtic tiger

Cue avalanche of emotional responses to Varadkars commentary. Understandable, but truth is farming is a declining economic and political force. If the sector can't demonstrate an ability to evolve (beyond simply more production) it will remain on this trajectory.

Go one more. Is this the wider view of the civil service?

Leo was both a Minister and Taoiseach of the government that saw the implementation of Food Harvest 2020. This was the Irish governments strategy to drive agricultural output and exports in an attempt to pull the country out of a deep recession. It worked.

I would consider policies brought in under the @greenparty coalition with @fiannafailparty when they entered government in 2007-2011 as having a significant influence.

@tierney1981_t @IFAmedia Tommy, you are forgetting the protest had its own leadership.

@DarraghScott @IFAmedia Farmers out blocking main roads because they are being crippled by high tax in fuel isn’t IFA protest yes exactly that’s why I wonder why the hell I bother paying into the IFA . If they can’t support or endorse that . I stick with my above statement

Why would you bother paying into the @IFAmedia

@tierney1981_t @IFAmedia It wasn't IFAs protest to get out in front of. The association would not have controlled any aspect of it. We are well aware of the fuel prices on farmers. These were the ifa proposals in the week leading to to the protest

@DarraghScott @IFAmedia Hijacking it ?? God forbid they couldn’t be out in front of this thing did they not know this fuel price is crippling some farmers ?

@tierney1981_t @IFAmedia There was leadership. The 4 boys in Dublin were leading it. Let's not have ifa be accused of hijacking it.

@DarraghScott @IFAmedia Of course it would have made a difference a bit if organisation and leadership and maybe with ifa’ s leadership we would never of got near milk not been collected or pigs not getting their feed , , it wouldn’t of taken a mind of its own it the unions had of stepped in toguide it