Agri-Business
Desperate Housewives' star highlights poverty in agriculture at Web Summit
Everyone should be concerned about where their food comes from and who picks it, Hollywood actress Eva Longoria told a packed...
Potato
Agri-Business
Concerns that retailers are selling 'last season' potatoes in value packs
There is concern among Northern Ireland farmers that certain packers are using last season’s potatoes, which are appearing in value...
Arable
The importance of our potato heritage
What do the following names have in common? – Robinta, Irish Cobbler, Winston and Lumper. The answer is they are...
Beef
Ulster farmers label meeting with Tesco a “mixed bag”
Following a meeting with representatives from Tesco to discuss a range of issues including: the crisis situation facing Northern Ireland’s...
Arable
NI potato industry agree to collect potato promotion funding
Following a meeting of potato industry stakeholders to discuss the best way forward for the industry. Potato packers, merchants and...
Arable
New international collaboration to protect the world's crops
Experts from the UK and India are working together to identify and develop novel environmentally-sustainable strategies to control plant pests,...
Arable
Costs and younger people see potato sales decline
Market research commissioned by potato packer Wilson’s Country has confirmed that the tonnages of fresh potatoes sold on the Irish...
Other
Flavours of Fingal this weekend
This weekend sees Dublin’s only agricultural show take place, the Flavours of Fingal. On Saturday and Sunday, at Newbridge House and...
Beef
Farmers must be paid realistic prices for beef
Emotions were running high in the tent used to host the forum discussion at the Beef 2014 event, held at...
Agri-Business
Has spring finally arrived?
Although the weather forecast for the next few days isn’t that good, most farmers will agree that the spring of...
Agri-Business
Tesco UK to cut prices by up to a third, sparking farmer concerns
Although UK consumers will be happy to hear that Tesco has cut the price of food products, the move has...
Agri-Business
'The safety of GM food for consumption has yet to be proven'
No genetically modified (GM) food can be considered safe, if consumed over a lifetime, according to one speaker at the...
Arable
Ireland's energy crops at a cross-roads
Achieving success in growing energy crops on Irish farms is at a cross-roads. While the significant potential for expansion exists,...
Arable
Precision herbicide moves toward commercialisation
Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by...
Arable
New season potato planting to get underway next week
With the expectation of high pressure building and soils drying out, there is every prospect of early potato growers getting...
Arable
New pesticide management rules for crop growers
From the first of January this year it has become compulsory for all professional users of plant protection products (PPPs)...
Arable
MEPs oppose authorising new genetically modified maize
The genetically modified maize “Pioneer 1507” should not be placed on the market for cultivation, because its insect-resistant pollen might...
Arable
Aphids are still the most serious pests of cereals
Aphids continue to be the most serious pests of cereal crops in Ireland. The issues caused by the pests were...
