Agri-Business
Eurostat: EU agricultural prices down in Q1 2024
Agricultural prices in the European Union for both outputs and inputs not related to investment declined in the first quarter...
Potatoes
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...
Opinion
Opinion: Will the weather play ball as Midsummer’s Day looms?
Midsummer’s Day is almost with us and a good week’s weather right now could do Irish agriculture a power of...
Tillage
Winter barley crops feel the impact of blustery conditions
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan has confirmed that some winter barley crops have experienced a degree of lodging with the...
Opinion
Opinion: Need to develop blight-resistant potatoes a priority
The goal of breeding blight-resistant potatoes has been a much discussed issue, going back over many years. Some breeders have...
Tillage
Main season potato planting almost complete - crops specialist
The vast bulk of 2024 main season potato crops are now in the ground according to Teagasc. But field work...
Environment
Mitigating climate change with organic matter
Adding organic matter to soil and using much more bio-fertilisers on all crops are among the ways in which Meade...
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...
Opinion
Opinion: 'International Day of the Potato' should be capitalised on
For many years now, Irish potato growers have been looking for an effective sales platform, where their output is concerned....
Agri-Business
CSO: 'Significant' fall in fertiliser prices over 12 months to March
Fertiliser prices fell by nearly 40% over the 12 months to March 2024, according to new figures published today (Thursday,...
Tillage
35% of maincrop potato area now planted
Approximately 35% of the 2024 maincrop potato area has now been planted out, according to Wilson’s Country agronomist, Stuart Meredith....
Rural Life
CSO: Consumers pay more for potatoes but less for milk and bread
The national average price for a 2.5kg bag of potatoes increased by 61c to €4 in the year up to...
Tillage
Growers must 'minimise risk of disease strains developing' - CAFRE
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes. Crops...
Tillage
DAFM considering next steps for supporting potato farmers
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is considering the next steps, including the state aid and other...
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...
Agri-Business
CSO: 'Significant' growth in potato prices over 12 months to February 2024
Prices paid to potato growers soared over the 12 months to the end of February this year according to latest...