Tillage
Blight advisory in effect for all regions
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, September 13) issued a potato blight advisory for the entire country for the coming days....
Blight
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues warning for potato blight
Met Éireann has today (Friday, July 21) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight for the entire country. According...
Agri-Business
Met Éireann: Potato blight warning for entire country
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, July 5) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight for the entire country. The...
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues potato blight warning for southwest
Met Éireann has today (Monday, September 26) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight in the southwest. The national...
Tillage
New potato blight control programmes for the future
Teagasc has confirmed that the loss of fluazinam as an end-of-season blight control spray will have a major impact on...
Tillage
Potato blight advice: Remove badly affected areas of crop
In cases of potato crops being badly impacted with blight, growers may have no choice but to totally remove infected...
Tillage
Controlling potato blight
Humidity in the range 88-90%, combined with the odd shower, constitute the perfect weather conditions for the spread of potato...
Agri-Business
Met Éireann warns of potato blight risk this week
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning due to a risk of potato blight this week in several counties....
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues potato blight warning for several counties
Met Éireann has today (Monday, June 20) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight in several counties. The national...
Tillage
Fundamental change in blight strains impacting Irish potato crops
There is a major displacement of potato-blight strain populations taking place in Ireland at the present time. Speaking on a...
Tillage News
New Met Éireann prediction service at the heart of blight prevention
Blight prevention remains an ever-present challenge for the Irish potato industry. Growers spend millions of euro each year protecting their...
Rural Life
Met Éireann: Blight warning for many areas next week
Met Éireann has today (Thursday, May 12) issued a status yellow warning for potato blight across many parts of the...
Agri-Business
Met Éireann: Blight warning issued for six counties
Met Éireann has today (Monday, May 9) issued another status yellow warning for potato blight for parts of six counties....
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues potato blight warning
A Status Yellow warning for potato blight for Co. Clare has been issued today (Wednesday, May 4) by Met Éireann....
Environment
Blight warning for early-sown crops in Munster
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow potato-blight warning for parts of Munster early this week. “Weather conditions conducive to...
Tillage
Met Éireann issues national blight warning
The national forecaster has today, Wednesday, May 29, issued a blight warning to all potato farmers in Ireland. According to...
Tillage
Irrigation now a priority for potato growers
All potato crops are now coming under severe moisture stress, according to Tom Keogh, a director of the north Dublin-based...
Environment
Showers set to return this weekend, as blight warning issued
A mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers are expected to return this weekend, according to Met Eireann. A status...
