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Potato growers get less than 20% of the retail price - Healy
Potato growers get less than a fifth of the retail price that a consumer pays for their produce, the National Potato...
Tillage
Potato growers get less than a fifth of the retail price that a consumer pays for their produce, the National Potato...
N.Ireland
Four varieties of British potato seed sent to Africa have performed strongly at three Kenyan trial sites, with yields similar...
Agri-Business
Country Crest has secured a €60 million deal with Tesco Ireland. The deal will see the north Co. Dublin based...
Opinion
The run-up to Christmas is normally the time when Irish supermarkets go for broke and slash fresh produce prices. Invariably,...
Tillage
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a new series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling progressive farmers around Ireland and how...
N.Ireland
Potato farmers say they are experiencing one of the “worst harvests ever” with many warning their crops are rotting in...
Tillage
The “cooking lab” in Oak Park is where new potato varieties are tested for their performance in the kitchen. The...
Tillage
Science week in Teagasc Oakpark has opened up students minds to the humble spud and the wild potato continued to...
N.Ireland
A major British agricultural body is to set up a new potato database, as potato prices in the country hit...
Opinion
If ever Bord Bia needed to come up with an effective marketing campaign for the potato industry, this could well...
Tillage
National Potato Day takes place today, Friday, October 6. IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association) President Joe Healy has called on consumers...
Machinery
Grimme has launched what it describes as “its biggest ever self-propelled potato harvester” onto the market. With no less than...
Agri-Business
When walking down the fruit and veg aisle of our local supermarket, we tend to take for granted the fresh...
Tillage
IFA President Joe Healy has expressed concern at the recent discounting of potatoes by a number of retailers in the...
Rural Life
Mash Direct, a farming and food production business in Northern Ireland, has created a 6m tall Christmas tree to celebrate...
N.Ireland
Production levels across all of the main cereal crops and potatoes is estimated to fall in the North this year,...
Tillage
Field work on most Irish grain and potato farms has been wrapped up for the year, according to Teagasc’s Head...
Tillage
The potato harvest is more or less complete for another year and yields are expected to be back close to...