Horticulture
Highlighting the benefits of automating mushroom production
A focus on automating mushroom production in Ireland was the focus of a seminar this week in Dublin. The Teagasc...
mushroom industry
Agri-Business
Support package worth over €6m for mushroom sector
Over €6 million has been secured under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) to fund a support package for the Irish...
Horticulture
Report highlights need for domestic peat for mushroom sector
Domestic peat will be needed in the medium term for the Irish mushroom industry, according to a new report. Opportunities...
Agri-Business
'For the first time ever, we've been asked for our carbon count from retailers'
“It is not an option to go to the market every time you get spikes in cost. You have to...
Environment
€1.7m to be spent on researching peat alternatives
Almost €1.7 million is to be spent by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) on a project researching...
Agri-Business
Mushroom producer turned vertical farmer signs contract
A former mushroom farmer, now said to be this country’s first commercial vertical farmer, has signed a contract with foodservice...
Environment
Importing peat 'a case of cutting off our environmental noses to spite our face'
Halting peat harvesting in Ireland and importing it from elsewhere for the horticultural sector is “a case of cutting off...
Agri-Business
Light at the end of the mushroom tunnel following Brexit disaster
Co. Offaly mushroom farmers whose 30-year-old business was devastated almost overnight in 2016, due to the UK’s decision to pursue...