Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight conditions across eight counties in the midlands, the east...
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Met Éireann has today (Monday, June 20) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight in several counties. The national...
June 20, 2022
There is a major displacement of potato-blight strain populations taking place in Ireland at the present time. Speaking on a...
June 15, 2022
Early season potatoes in Northern Ireland have enjoyed almost uninterrupted growth since planting back in the spring. “That’s a pretty...
June 14, 2022
Blight prevention remains an ever-present challenge for the Irish potato industry. Growers spend millions of euro each year protecting their...
June 13, 2022
Teagasc used its presence at this week’s World Potato Congress (WPC) to network with comparable organisations, in particular those undertaking...
June 2, 2022
The World Potato Congress (WPC) has launched a new project aiming to increase the crop’s role in advancing global sustainable...
It’s only when you meet someone actually farming in Ukraine that you get a sense of how bad conditions actually...
May 31, 2022
Delegates attending the 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) in Dublin have been told that the spectre of famine now haunts...
The power of the ‘humble spud’ to deliver increased global food security was a core theme espoused at the 11th...
Agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue, believes that the country’s seed potato sector can grow significantly in the wake of Brexit. This...
Delegates at the World Potato Congress (WPC) this week in Dublin were told that the European Union (EU) is to...
Potatoes could make a greater contribution to global food security, according to the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
Teagasc is confirming that Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is now impacting many spring barley crops across the country. But...
May 27, 2022
Less potatoes were planted in Ireland this year due to spiraling input costs for growers, according to the chair of...
May 25, 2022
The announcement of a €3 million scheme to support the seed-potato sector has been welcomed as a “positive first step”...
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On the latest Farmland programme, Agriland editor Stella Meehan and dairy specialist, Brian McDonnell interview head of dairy knowledge transfer...
May 24, 2022
Funding to help develop the domestic seed-potato sector will go to cabinet today (Tuesday, May 24) as the sector continues...
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