Horticulture
'Perfectly saleable' Irish produce being rejected by retailers - farm org
Produce which is ‘”perfectly saleable” is being rejected by packers and retailers because of “minor blemishes”, the Joint Oireachtas Committee...
Horticulture
Produce which is ‘”perfectly saleable” is being rejected by packers and retailers because of “minor blemishes”, the Joint Oireachtas Committee...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) is now accepting applications under the Horticulture Crisis Fund. The support measure will...
Horticulture
The underpricing of fruit and vegetables is a “vicious circle” which fuels Ireland’s food waste problem, dean of Cork University...
Agri-Business
More than €14 million has been allocated in Budget 2024 towards the National Strategy for Horticulture. Minister of State at...
Agri-Business
By Gordon Deegan Pre-tax profits at the family owned horticulture firm behind McCormack Farms based in Co. Meath, last year...
Agri Politics
A new funding package, worth €2.38 million, will guarantee “the short-term security and long-term viability” of horticulture and growers, a...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) presidential candidate Francie Gorman has described the new aid package for the tillage sector as “grossly...
Agri-Business
A funding support package of more than €9.5 million euro has been announced to help struggling tillage farmers and horticulture...
Horticulture
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has been called on to provide “urgent” support for the horticulture...
Agri-Business
Planning permission is being sought for a solar farm in Co. Kildare which will be used to power an existing...
Horticulture
A competition for secondary and some primary school students to make a video on horticulture is accepting entries until September...
N.Ireland
Despite the poor weather of late, the picturesque village of Donaghmore in south Co. Tyrone is awash with colour right...
N.Ireland
Marks and Spencer (M&S) has confirmed that it is now working with a Co. Armagh vegetable grower to help boost...
Horticulture
The European Mushroom Growers Promo Group (GEPC Promo) has launched a campaign today (Thursday, July 27) to promote the benefits...
Rural Life
Bord Bia spent a total of €312,100 in sponsorship of RTÉ TV programmes last year, according to figures by the Irish...
Horticulture
Labour shortages are a “major issue” in the horticulture sector, the chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food...
Horticulture
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced a short extension to the 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid...
Horticulture
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at 5:30p.m...