Agri-Business
Irish potato farmers under pressure as fast food outlets use 100% imported chips
Almost 100% of the frozen chips used in Irish catering and fast food outlets are made from imported potato chips, according to...
Agri-Business
Almost 100% of the frozen chips used in Irish catering and fast food outlets are made from imported potato chips, according to...
Tillage
The ongoing GMO study on potatoes at Teagasc Oak Park is focussed on addressing many of the persistent questions that...
Agri-Business
European funding will be crucially important in helping maintain the fabric of Ireland’s potato industry, according to a leading packer....
Agri-Business
If nothing is done to promote potatoes, annual consumption levels in Ireland will fall to below 100,000 tonnes over the...
Beef
The IFA has moved its protest to the doors of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in Dublin today. After a...
Agri-Business
Preliminary estimates form the CSO of the agricultural price indices for 2014 show a 8.4% decrease in output prices from...
Machinery
Machinery company Samco, based in Adare, Co. Limerick, has secured a purchase agreement with two companies based in Inner Mongolia,...
Agri-Business
Everyone should be concerned about where their food comes from and who picks it, Hollywood actress Eva Longoria told a packed...
Agri-Business
Some 400 agri-food producers and chefs from all corners of Ireland are furiously preparing to create Ireland on a plate...
Agri-Business
There is concern among Northern Ireland farmers that certain packers are using last season’s potatoes, which are appearing in value...
Agri-Business
Speaking at the publication of the Teagasc Annual Report and Accounts for 2013, Chairman Dr Noel Cawley said: “At farm...
Tillage
What do the following names have in common? – Robinta, Irish Cobbler, Winston and Lumper. The answer is they are...
National Ploughing Championships
Genetically Modified (GM) foods must be part of the future of Irish agriculture and food production, according to Leo Enright,...
National Ploughing Championships
IFA President Eddie Downey has said that securing funding for the Rural Development Programme in Budget 2015 will be a...
Beef
Following a meeting with representatives from Tesco to discuss a range of issues including: the crisis situation facing Northern Ireland’s...
Agri-Business
The agricultural output price index decreased by 2.4% in July 2014 compared with June 2014 according to the CSO. A...
Rural Life
Love Keogh’s crisps but find it difficult to choose your favourite flavour? Be it Dubliner Cheese and Onion or the...
Agri-Business
Latest figures from the CSO show that consumer food prices are down 3% over the past 12 months. The Food...