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Potato prices: Drop in some varieties this week
Potato prices have fallen back in the past week according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Potato Market Report for...
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Potato prices have fallen back in the past week according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Potato Market Report for...
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Potato sales are continuing firm and the main prices are holding. However, since the beginning of the month some prices...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) estimates that 5% of the potato crop across the country remains in the ground. That...
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In early May, AgriLand saw the O’Gorman brothers’ ‘Green Army’ at work, planting potatoes in Co. Laois. The video from...
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As much as 10% of Northern Ireland’s potato crop still remains in the ground, according to the latest grower-survey carried...
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This week, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) estimates that 15-20% of the potato harvest is yet to be completed. The...
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Wet weather is causing trouble on farms all over the country. Potato farmers are badly affected and estimates from the...
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Today, Friday, October 4, is Bord Bia’s ‘National Potato Day’, and retailers and consumers are being called on to support...
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As chlorpropham (CIPC) faces the chop, potato farmers must now find an alternative product to use in the storage of...
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Planting, spraying, harvesting, grading, storing, testing – Broadleas Farm has approximately 650ac of potatoes and supplies that product to Tayto...
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It will come as no surprise that the highest average price paid for land last year was for potatoes in...
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A week ahead of the same time they started planting last year, the O’Gorman Brothers were finishing the last of...
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There’s plenty of field work underway across the country. Early potatoes have even been planted in north Dublin. AgriLand heard...
Rural Life
Following on from the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) protest outside Marks & Spencer last week over the low-cost selling of...
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The main potato harvest started on Keogh’s Farm in north Co. Dublin approximately two weeks ago. Most will know the...
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2018 has been a difficult year for potato farmers. Late sowing, a drought and now a late harvest all added...
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Potato prices have taken a massive jump from this time last year. Rooster prices have increased by more than €200/box...
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The Rooster will be celebrated in its home county this weekend. Teagasc Oak Park – the research centre where the...