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National Potato Day coincides with almost perfect harvesting conditions
National Potato Day 2024 has coincided with growers enjoying almost perfect conditions within which to harvest crops. Teagasc potato specialist,...
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Rural Life
Bord Bia National Potato Day celebrates 'Ireland's number one veg'
Potatoes are Ireland’s “most preferred and number one vegetable”, Bord Bia’s potato and fresh produce manager, Lorcan Bourke has said celebrating...
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Bord Bia embarks on 4-day trade mission to Southeast Asia
This week (October 7 to 10), Bord Bia, along with the Department of Agriculture, embarks on a four-day trade mission...
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Potato yields declined in 2022 by 15 per cent
Potato yields have declined year on year by approximately 10 to 15% in 2022, Teagasc has confirmed. The area of...
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Bord Bia: 2 in 3 people assume chipper potatoes come from Ireland
Research from Bord Bia shows that two in every three Irish people incorrectly assume that potatoes used for chips in...
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'Support your local potato growers' - IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on consumers to support their local potato growers today, which is National Potato...
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Irish potato sales increase by 24%
Today, Friday (October 2), is Bord Bia’s National Potato Day and sales of Irish potatoes increased by 24% from the...
Rural Life
Spuds up: Bord Bia gears up for National Potato Day 2018
Bord Bia has announced the details of this year’s National Potato Day which takes place on Friday, October 5. The...
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National Potato Day: Consumers urged to choose Irish potatoes
National Potato Day takes place today, Friday, October 6. IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association) President Joe Healy has called on consumers...
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With the year end fast approaching, now is the time to be planning on what can be done to minimise...
Rural Life
How will you celebrate national Potato day?
Today, Bord Bia is celebrating the fourth annual National Potato Day by enlisting the support of a new potato ambassador, the...
Rural Life
Spud consumption may be falling but let's not forget about them on National Potato Day
Today. October 2, 2015 is National Potato Day in Ireland and we’ve got a load of potato facts to mark...
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TV Chef Catherine Fulvio spices up the Potato Day
TV Chef Catherine Fulvio lends her support to National Potato Day and speaks of her love of the Irish potato....
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative earlier this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland....
Agri-Business
‘Gaps in consumer knowledge’ affecting potato sales
A lack of understanding about the potato is damaging sales in Ireland, according to Bord Bia. Director of Horticulture Mike...