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Interview: Details on beet industry revival - 'a rare opportunity'
Enthusiasm and belief are two words that sprung to mind when Chris Harmon, a director of Beet Ireland, spoke to...
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Enthusiasm and belief are two words that sprung to mind when Chris Harmon, a director of Beet Ireland, spoke to...
Agri-Business
LIFFE wheat for November tumbled into the red this week. Having finished at £172.25/t (€197.72/t) last Friday (November 2), the...
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John Mulhare pulled his beet crop at the end of October and, having watched the crop from cultivation, AgriLand checked in...
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Beet Ireland is looking for 1,000 growers to invest €1,000 in the revival of the beet industry in this country....
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Aphid numbers have dropped back from their high at the end of October. Numbers at Teagasc Oakpark reached 25.6 aphids/m²...
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Last week saw grain prices take a hit. MATIF milling wheat hit a low of €198.50/t – its lowest since...
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Top prize at the 2018 Irish Malting Barley Excellence Awards, held at the Guinness Storehouse today, has gone to Padraig...
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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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The new horticulture development scheme has been described as “essential for the continued development and competitiveness of the Irish horticulture...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has released its Nitrogen and Phosphorus (N&P) Statements for the first nine...
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A boat from north Africa has recently arrived in Belview Port, Co. Waterford. It is understood the boat is loaded...
N.Ireland
Yara Ireland has recently appointed Alan Turkington to the position of area manager for Northern Ireland. According to a statement from...
Beef
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that have been grown on...
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Wheat price has the potential to rise. Short supplies and big weather events will drive that rise. That’s according to...
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Aphid numbers are low this October. Recent frosty mornings have no doubt contributed to this. Counts from unsprayed winter barley...
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A ‘no-deal’ Brexit would be “an immense political failure on both sides of the equation”. That’s what Prof. Michael Wallace...
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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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Reduced areas planted and reduced yields have led to what look like tightened supplies of potatoes this year – though...