Agri-Business
Clarity sought for soft fruit growers in horticulture package
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the government aid package for horticulture is a “positive” step, but soft...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the government aid package for horticulture is a “positive” step, but soft...
Horticulture
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced a €2.8 million support package for the ‘critically important’ Irish...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue will today (Wednesday, April 13) seek Cabinet approval for a...
Agri-Business
Tipperary Sinn Féin TD, Martin Browne has questions about the willingness of Bord na Móna (BNM) to assist professional growers...
Horticulture
A new horticulture report launched by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) this week (March 2022), has detailed how trends in...
Horticulture
Noted economist Jim Power – a former chief economist for Bank of Ireland – has said it would be “absolutely...
Horticulture
“Rural jobs and the Irish mushroom sector itself are now at risk if the peat issue is not resolved,” a...
Horticulture
The Kildare Growers group has called for emergency legislation to allow harvesting of indigenous peat for horticulture as the war...
Rural Life
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Deputy Carol Nolan has called on the government to reassess its rejection of the working group...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has urged the government to take legislative action to prevent below-cost selling of food. IFA...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that discount retailers, Lidl and Aldi, have had “the biggest negative impact” on...
Horticulture
Senator Regina Doherty has called on government ministers to ensure that adequate supplies of horticultural peat continue to be made...
Horticulture
Three ministers have drawn the ire of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine by not accepting...
Horticulture
Aontú has called on the government to take action over the worsening peat crisis which the party said is putting...
Horticulture
Rising costs in the horticulture sector will lead to a shortage of Irish vegetables on supermarket shelves this season, according...
Horticulture
The government dismissed a request to reconsider its previous rejection of a phased reduction in the use of peat by...
Environment
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) has said it does not support the final report on peat use in horticulture...
Horticulture
Growing Media Ireland (GMI) has said actions proposed by the government to support horticultural growers “will cause environmental catastrophe and...