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Tillage focus: Effect of drought to hit the veg shelves in the coming weeks

August 21, 2018

Paul Brophy is one of a small number of large-scale broccoli growers in the country. His vegetable business is solely broccoli and for…

Tillage focus: This Irish man is planting vegetables in the North Carolina hills

June 4, 2018

Tillage

Bottomleys Evergeens & Farm is a family run company, based at Glade Valley, North Carolina – beside the Blueridge Mountains – and sells…

‘The demand for organic vegetables is growing year-on-year’

April 8, 2018

Rural Life

Having grown up in housing estates on Dublin’s northside, Rory and Sheila Magorrian found themselves transplanted to north Cork where they now run…

Opening farm shop ‘best thing I ever did’

December 29, 2017

Rural Life

When John Graham from Raphoe opened a farm shop in December 2014, it didn’t just benefit him financially but also psychologically. “When I…

Let’s hope the supermarkets don’t crash fresh produce prices this Christmas

December 17, 2017

Opinion

The run-up to Christmas is normally the time when Irish supermarkets go for broke and slash fresh produce prices. Invariably, both vegetables and…

Is a ‘perfect storm’ brewing for Irish potato growers?

November 12, 2017

Opinion

If ever Bord Bia needed to come up with an effective marketing campaign for the potato industry, this could well be the year.…

Dairy wholesale prices rise 20% annually; fruit and veg costs decline

June 26, 2017

Wholesale prices on dairy products increased by 20.5% year-on-year in May, helping to drive up overall factory gate costs, according to the latest…

Astronauts have grown cabbage on the International Space Station

February 20, 2017

Astronauts have successfully grown cabbage on the International Space Station, having previously grown lettuce and flowers. NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson planted and grew Tokyo…

‘There is only one grower of iceberg lettuce left in Ireland’

February 20, 2017

There is only one grower of iceberg lettuce left in Ireland, according to IFA Vegetable Committee Chairman Paul Brophy. It’s the same where…

Leaflets on how we can eat less meat could be handed out in supermarkets

January 25, 2017

As part of a new research project to increase the consumption of vegetables, leaflets on how consumers can eat less meat might be…

Supermarkets accused of below cost selling as vegetable prices slashed

December 22, 2016

Agri-Business

The IFA has accused supermarkets of below cost selling practises, in light of the decision taken by a number of retailers to slash…

Behind the scenes at one of Europe’s largest fruit and veg co-ops

October 23, 2016

BelOrta is one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in Europe and in 2015 the Belgian co-op generated a turnover of…

Only 1% of Irish farms grow vegetables, the lowest in the EU

October 22, 2016

Tillage

Only 1% of Irish farms grow vegetables which is the lowest percentage across all other Member States in the EU, the latest Eurostat…

Are Producer Organisations key to the future of the fruit and veg sector?

October 14, 2016

There appears to be an increasing push at European level for fruit and vegetable growers to establish Producer Organisations. The European fruit and…

Youth of today aren’t eating their fruit and veg!

April 3, 2016

Shoppers under the age of 35 are buying less fresh produce (fruit and vegetables) than they were two years ago, according to Kantar…

Pork and vegetables drive EU agri-food exports up in January

March 21, 2016

EU agri-food exports rose slightly in January compared to January 2015 to €9.3 billion, according to the latest monthly statistical report from the European…