Agri-Business
Top of the pops award must be given to this potatoes promotion!
Shoppers in Supervalu Wexford might not believe their eyes when they see the current promotion of potatoes! O’Reilly’s Supervalu in...
Agri-Business
Shoppers in Supervalu Wexford might not believe their eyes when they see the current promotion of potatoes! O’Reilly’s Supervalu in...
Agri Politics
Ireland produced only 0.6% of the EU’s potatoes (in 2014), new figures released on the potato sector from Eurostat show....
Tillage
A significant area of potatoes is yet to be planted, according to Teagasc’s latest crop update. It says while good...
Tillage
Winter barley production in Ireland continues to grow, with the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showing that...
Tillage
We need to re-think potatoes and how they have an important place in a balanced and varied diet, according to...
Agri-Business
We need to portray potatoes as a ‘sexy food’, according to the Director of Teagasc, Professor Gerry Boyle. Boyle was...
Agri-Business
Meade Potato Company was named the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Agribusiness of the Year at the national Agribusiness Awards held recently. The awards...
Agri-Business
A new report has found that toast, roasted potatoes and crisps could give you cancer; all because of the amount...
Rural Life
The O’Gorman Brothers recently finished harvesting potatoes in Co. Kildare and Martin Coogan was there to film the harvest with...
Tillage
The Irish and UK sugar beet and potato yield for 2015 is to be above the five-year average, according to...
Tillage
New season Rooster potatoes are securing prices in the range €370/t to €400/t,” according to IFA potato committee chairman Eddie...
Agri-Business
McDonald’s Ireland has no plans to source potatoes from Ireland at this time, a spokesperson from McDonald’s has confirmed. Recently, McDonald’s...
Rural Life
Today. October 2, 2015 is National Potato Day in Ireland and we’ve got a load of potato facts to mark...
Agri-Business
Potato consumption in Ireland has fallen by 55kg/capita per annum since the 1970s, or by 39% in 40 years, according...
Tillage
A new €1m marketing campaign was launched today (September 17) to boost potato consumption among Irish consumers, by the Minister for...
Tillage
The area of winter wheat in Ireland is down 15.6% year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said. Preliminary estimates...
Agri Politics
Why didn’t an Irish person come up with the ingenious idea to send a message with a potato? One American...