Agri-Business
Meade Farm Group invests €1.7m to increase carrot production
Fresh produce company Meade Farm Group has completed a €1.7 million investment in its carrot production facility. The Co. Meath...
Agri-Business
Fresh produce company Meade Farm Group has completed a €1.7 million investment in its carrot production facility. The Co. Meath...
Horticulture
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has today (Friday, September 9) announced that payments have started to...
Rural Life
Six community groups from across Ireland have been crowned the champions of the Energia Get Ireland Growing initiative 2022 in...
Horticulture
Growing Media Ireland (GMI) has called on the government to develop a system to use domestic peat supplies in the...
Horticulture
Domestic peat will be needed in the medium term for the Irish mushroom industry, according to a new report. Opportunities...
Horticulture
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for horticulture, Pippa Hackett have...
Horticulture
The “severe pressure” that horticulture growers are under was highlighted to Minister for Foreign Affairs and deputy Fine Gael leader...
Horticulture
The closing date for applications under the new Horticulture Exceptional Payments Scheme (HEPS) has been extended by one week, the...
Horticulture
An independent TD has reminded the horticultural sector to submit applications to the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS) before the...
Agri-Business
Fruit and vegetable growers, who are members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Horticulture Committee, are said to be reluctant...
Horticulture
The exclusion of soft fruit growers from the Horticulture Exceptional Aid Scheme has been labelled “inexplicable” and “unacceptable” by the...
Agri-Business
This week’s episode of Farmland, produced by Agriland Media Group, discusses producing 100% of winter fodder requirements on-farm, embracing change...
Horticulture
Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey has said that he will push for a temporary derogation on the ban of potato...
Horticulture
A Fine Gael senator has written to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue ahead of a...
Horticulture
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched a free and short online course for seasonal workers in horticulture. The...
Horticulture
Horticultural input-price inflation continues to “squeeze growers’ margins” as total input costs rose by between 13% and 49% within one...
biodiversity
When Co. Roscommon farmer Tommy Earley recently told Agriland of his allotment plan to earmark 2ac out of his 100ac...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the government aid package for horticulture is a “positive” step, but soft...