Horticulture
Fruit and vegetables: Call for forum to address waste
A “food forum” must be established to deal with the issue of wastage of “imperfect” fruit and vegetables, according to...
Horticulture
A “food forum” must be established to deal with the issue of wastage of “imperfect” fruit and vegetables, according to...
N.Ireland
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has confirmed that it is now working with a Co. Armagh vegetable grower to help boost...
Agri-Business
79% of consumers believe that locally grown vegetables are of higher quality and almost three quarters believe they are worth...
Horticulture
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced a short extension to the 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid...
Environment
Solas Chríost school in Tallaght has been announced as the national winner of the 2023 SuperValu Let’s GROW initiative, which...
Dairy News
Dairy producer prices in May 2023 have dropped by 8.8% in comparison with the figures from May 2022, according to...
Video
Farmers are struggling to stay in business because they are not “getting a proper price for the product” and have...
Agri-Business
Farmers are struggling to stay in business because they are not “getting a proper price for the product” and have...
Horticulture
The launch of Supervalu’s ‘Let’s GROW‘ campaign saw Ireland’s horticulture sector, and the struggles it is currently facing, put under...
Rural Life
A Donegal man who works as a community garda in Castlebar, Co.Mayo has created a vegetable enterprise on what was...
Horticulture
People in Ireland eat more daily portions of fruit and vegetables than in any other EU country, according to a...
Agri-Business
Tesco has blamed the impact of Covid-19 which was “particularly strong” on its Ireland operations as the reason for a...
Agri-Business
Fresh produce company Meade Farm Group has completed a €1.7 million investment in its carrot production facility. The Co. Meath...
biodiversity
When Co. Roscommon farmer Tommy Earley recently told Agriland of his allotment plan to earmark 2ac out of his 100ac...
Rural Life
As farmers go, Ultan Walsh is highly unusual – he’s a vegetable grower who is happy with how business is...
Horticulture
Rising costs in the horticulture sector will lead to a shortage of Irish vegetables on supermarket shelves this season, according...
Tillage
The population of Ireland eats more fruit and vegetables on a daily basis than any other EU member state, new...
Machinery
Herbicide application rates within vegetable crops can be reduced substantially through the use of mechanical weed control between rows while...