Grain Committee
About the Grain Committee
- The National Grain Committee represents Ireland’s 13,000 cereal growers.
- Its members are elected by IFA’s 25 county executives
- The most important issues include feed grains, peas, beans and oilseed prices and malting barley premium.
- The Committee was instrumental in developing price risk management tools for malting barley growers to minimise grain price volatility.
National Grain Committee
| ROLE & COUNTY | NAME | MOBILE NO. |
| CHAIR | John Murphy | 087 2028148 |
| VICE CHAIR | James Hill | 086 2622834 |
| CARLOW | George Byrne | 086 8260694 |
| CORK (W) | Edward Gus Murphy | 087 6725136 |
| CORK (N) | Paul O’Brien | 086 3066767 |
| CORK (C) | John Jeffrey | 086 8558303 |
| DONEGAL | David Moody | 087 7537346 |
| DUBLIN | David Rogers | 086 2752354 |
| GALWAY | Mervyn Cooke | 087 2700876 |
| KERRY | Kevin Leahy | 087 7837447 |
| KILDARE | James Brennan | 086 3347450 |
| KILKENNY | Edward Delahunty | 086 2750398 |
| LIMERICK | Shay Galvin | 087 6167537 |
| LONGFORD | Pat Brennan | 087 3516375 |
| LOUTH | Michael Kieran | 086 2523609 |
| LAOIS | Rory Doyle | 085 1195144 |
| MAYO | Fintan Murray | 087 9956849 |
| MEATH | Thomas McKeown | 087 2625831 |
| MONAGHAN | Mark Duffy | 086 1713844 |
| OFFALY | Tom Loonam | 087 2303694 |
| ROSCOMMON | Michael Beattie | 087 9793900 |
| TIPP. NTH | Joseph Egan | 087 9359467 |
| TIPP. STH | Denis Large | 086 3858048 |
| WATERFORD | Philip Heskin | 087 9639743 |
| WESTMEATH | Ralph Tyrell | 086 2612818 |
| WEXFORD 1 | Isaac Wheelock | 086 2629034 |
| WEXFORD 2 | John Murphy | 087 2028148 |
| WICKLOW | James Hill | 086 2622834 |
| (Peas & Beans) | Brian Lazenby | 087 9508146 |
| Co-opted | Tom Murray | 087 2887620 |
| Co-opted | Pat Collins | 086 1772623 |