Tillage News
Irrigation now in use to maintain potato yields
According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now...
Tillage News
According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now...
N.Ireland
A field day run by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will help potato growers with alternatives...
Agri-Business
As if anyone needed an excuse to eat more potatoes, a recent study has found that nutrients contained in them...
Tillage
A status yellow potato-blight warning for early-sown crops has been extended to parts of Connaught until Thursday, June 3, according...
Tillage
This week has seen potato growers along Ireland’s east coast getting on with the planting of first early crops. As...
Opinion
The Covid pandemic may have scuppered plans for Ireland to host the 2021 World Potato Congress. The event has, indeed,...
Tillage
Ireland’s seed potato sector looks set to get a Brexit shot in the arm. This was one of the key...
Tillage
Not getting the maincrop harvest completed until the days directly before Christmas has added considerably to the production costs incurred...
Tillage
The supply in Ireland of chipping potatoes – the variety of potatoes used for manufacturing chips in the chip shop...
Agri-Business
In Ireland, the majority of the tillage crops produced are used for animal feed, but food-grade crops are becoming more...
Tillage
Domestic consumption and retail demand “remain buoyant” according to this week’s Potato Market Update from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)....
Tillage
This week the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Potato Market Update stated that lifting progress is at approximately 50%. Many growers...
Tillage
This week, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) stated that potato growers supplying the food service sector “have had one of...
Tillage
The World Potato Congress which was due to take place in Ireland in 2021 has been postponed until 2022. The...
Tillage
Wet weather has stopped and delayed lifting of potato crops across the country. There was a big rush on farms...
Tillage
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on consumers to support their local potato growers today, which is National Potato...
Tillage
Today, Friday (October 2), is Bord Bia’s National Potato Day and sales of Irish potatoes increased by 24% from the...
Tillage
As potato growers have now made a big dent in the maincrop potato harvest, they are reporting reduced yields according...