Agri-Business
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) issued 700 work permits to the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in Q1 2025.
The cost of inputs for the horticulture sector has increased by an average of 51% over the past five years, according to a new report.
N.Ireland
The Northern Ireland Mushroom Growers Association has called on the NI Executive to safeguard the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme (FVAS).
Tillage
More than 90% of horticulture and cereals exported by Ireland in 2024 went to the UK market according to Bord Bia
Teagasc is currently recruiting for a permanent research officer who will work to support the commercial mushroom sector in Ireland.
A report published by Teagasc this week has confirmed that combined input costs have risen by 40% across Ireland’s horticultural sectors
Total horticulture and cereals exports were valued at €295 million in 2023, of which mushrooms...
A new study by the GEPC found that there is a growing interest for mushrooms in Ireland, with 58% purchasing mushrooms 'frequently'
The government's "inaction" to resolve peat supply issues for the horticulture sector has been described as "scandalous" by one TD.
Planning permission is being sought for a solar farm in Co. Kildare which will be used to power an existing mushroom facility.
GEPC Promo has launched a campaign today (Thursday, July 27), to promote the benefits of mushrooms in nine different countries
The department has announced a short extension to the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector.
Over €6 million has been secured under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) to fund a support package for the Irish mushroom sector.
There are fears that the mushroom industry in Northern Ireland will disappear" unless the UK government steps in.
Cereal exports totalled €73 million last year, representing 24% of the total exports for the Irish cereal and horticulture sector.
Domestic peat will be needed in the medium term for the Irish mushroom industry, according to a new report.
Funding through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) in the amount of €210,000 has been announced for the mushroom sector.
A Co. Tipperary mushroom producer allegedly paid a female Romanian mushroom picker as low as €4.06 per hour, a WRC hearing was told.
Rural Life
A Co. Tipperary-based family farm - Clonmore farm - that closed its mushroom business as a result of Brexit is awaiting organic status for its vegetables and..
Agri Politics
Research must be applied to find alternatives to peat for the Irish horticultural industry - but in...
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has been warned of the impact the ban on harvesting peat will have on the mushroom sector.
Offaly farmers whose 30-year-old mushroom business was devastated almost overnight in 2016 have found light at the end of a different tunnel.
A TD has said that reserves of peat in the country will be depleted "by August or September" which, he said, will cause "irreparable damage".
