Agri-Business
New plan for horticulture aims to increase farm gate value by 30%
A new National Strategy for Horticulture to cover the years 2023 to 2027 was launched at the Bloom festival at...
Horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture scheme worth €10 million open for applications
The €10 million Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector is now open for applications....
Video
Farmers warn below-cost selling 'has to stop'
Farmers are struggling to stay in business because they are not “getting a proper price for the product” and have...
Agri-Business
Video: Farmers warn below-cost selling 'has to stop'
Farmers are struggling to stay in business because they are not “getting a proper price for the product” and have...
Environment
Pest management survey launched for Irish horticulture
Teagasc has launched a survey on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Irish food horticulture, including potatoes. IPM is a holistic...
Rural Life
100,000 visitors expected at Bord Bia Bloom
100,000 visitors are expected to visit the Bord Bia Bloom festival, which is set to return to Phoenix Park, Dublin...
Horticulture
Food regulator needed for 'haemorrhaging' horticulture sector
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the new food regulator office “cannot be delayed any further”. The association...
Horticulture
IFA to hold national meeting for horticulture sector
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has organised a meeting of horticulture growers for later this month to address challenges in...
Horticulture
Market response needed to ensure viable horticulture sector
Input price inflation in the horticulture sector continues in 2023, a new report by Teagasc which compares production costs of...
Horticulture
Call to immediately open horticulture support scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has been urged to immediately open the Scheme of Investment Aid...
Horticulture
Retailers 'cannot rely' on imported fruit and veg
The current shortages of fruit and vegetables have been described as a direct result of soaring input costs and the...
Tillage
Input costs causing 'major problems' for Irish horticulture sector
Associate professor of horticulture at University College Dublin (UCD), Dr. Owen Doyle, has said that high input costs are causing...
Rural Life
Seed exchange event aimed at protecting biodiversity
Irish Seed Savers will host the Annual Community Seed Exchange this coming weekend (Saturday, February 25), for individuals, gardening and...
Horticulture
Irish farmers are 'struggling to stay' in the horticulture sector
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
Let's GROW initiative to provide kids with 'food literacy' - minister
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, helped launch Supervalu’s ‘Let’s Grow’ initiative at Scoil Mhuire gan Smál in...
Horticulture
Peatlands and paludiculture - a solution for the horticulture sector?
Despite only covering 3% of the world’s land area, peatlands store about 30% of the all terrestrial carbon, a function...
Horticulture
Horticulture and cereal exports totalled €301m in 2022
Horticulture and cereal exports totalled €301 million last year, with mushrooms accounting for the largest share of this, a new...
Horticulture
Festina Lente gets grant for horticulture study
Festina Lente, a Bray, Co. Wicklow equestrian-based charity was recently awarded €10,000 for a feasibility study into the development of...
