Tillage
Met Éireann issues advisory for potato blight later in week
Met Éireann has issued an advisory for potato blight, which is in effect until Friday (June 28). The yellow level...
Blight
Tillage
Tillage: IPM can play a critical role in preventing blight
Potato growers have been reminded that the use of fungicides is not the only weapon in their armoury when it...
Tillage
Met Éireann issues advisory for potato blight
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, June 19) issued a Status Yellow advisory for potato blight in several counties over the...
Tillage
Teagasc issues ‘red alert’ potato blight warning
Teagasc is urging all Irish potato growers to fundamentally change their potato blight spraying programmes with immediate effect. This reflects...
N.Ireland
CAFRE to host blight workshops to help growers with control strategies
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) will host two workshops on blight this month to help growers...
Tillage
Four counties issued with yellow warning for blight
A Met Éireann yellow warning for potato blight has been issued for four counties today (Thursday, May 30). Conditions conducive...
Tillage
Met Éireann blight season to begin tomorrow
The Met Éireann blight season will begin tomorrow (Wednesday, May 1), after continued rain has left some fields in unworkable...
Tillage
Potato industry entering new era of blight management
The Irish potato industry looks set to enter a new era of blight management as it approaches the 2024 growing...
Rural Life
The evolution of the Met Éireann blight forecast
Given its role in The Great Famine, blight is etched into the Irish psyche and remains the most serious disease...
Tillage
Blight advisory in effect for all regions
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, September 13) issued a potato blight advisory for the entire country for the coming days....
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues warning for potato blight
Met Éireann has today (Friday, July 21) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight for the entire country. According...
Agri-Business
Met Éireann: Potato blight warning for entire country
Met Éireann has today (Wednesday, July 5) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight for the entire country. The...
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues potato blight warning for southwest
Met Éireann has today (Monday, September 26) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight in the southwest. The national...
Tillage
New potato blight control programmes for the future
Teagasc has confirmed that the loss of fluazinam as an end-of-season blight control spray will have a major impact on...
Tillage
Potato blight advice: Remove badly affected areas of crop
In cases of potato crops being badly impacted with blight, growers may have no choice but to totally remove infected...
Tillage
Controlling potato blight
Humidity in the range 88-90%, combined with the odd shower, constitute the perfect weather conditions for the spread of potato...
Agri-Business
Met Éireann warns of potato blight risk this week
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning due to a risk of potato blight this week in several counties....
Horticulture
Met Éireann issues potato blight warning for several counties
Met Éireann has today (Monday, June 20) issued a Status Yellow warning for potato blight in several counties. The national...