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Healy-Rae to make vegetable growers ‘stronger’ with big retailers
James Hanly
Addressing the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) national horticulture and potato meeting on Tuesday, he spoke against below cost selling, which last had ban in the mid-2000s against the practice.
26 February 2025 News
Support needed for €4m storm damage in horticulture - Organic Trust
The trust, which represents over 2,200 Irish organic growers and processors, has penned a letter to Minister of State Michael Healy Rae saying that 10% of its membership was affected by the storm.
19 February 2025 News
Growers call for winter milk-like supports
Farmers spoke to representatives from Supervalu, Begleys, and Green Earth at an organic vegetables conference in Backweston, Co Kildare, on Monday.
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Agronomist and horticultural consultant, John Hogan made the comment while speaking at the Commercial Market Opportunities in Organic Vegetable Production conference in Backweston, Co Kildare.
19 February 2025 News
Department hosting market opportunities conference for organic vegetables
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae made the announcement with the event to take place at the Department’s facilities in Backweston, Kildare, on 17 February.
7 February 2025 News
Two decades of reliability with Rauch spreaders on large Louth tillage farm
Spreading thousands of acres annually with two Rauch Axis spreaders, Gary Abbott spoke with Gerard Hickey to find out why Rauch has been the spreader brand of choice since 2004.
5 February 2025 Farm machinery
Strengthening the Irish potato and vegetable sectors
Nuffield scholar and agronomist Thomas Murray travelled from Canada to Australia, the US and beyond, to find out what can be done to strengthen the Irish potato and vegetable sectors.
23 December 2024 Feature
Consumers urged to buy Irish vegetables this Christmas
Supermarkets have been proactively, whether intentionally or not, undermining the horticulture industry in Ireland, Kenneth Keavey of Green Earth Organics has said.
27 November 2024 News
Spotlight on processed food in US
The incoming US health secretary is known for his alternative views including hostility to processed foods.
24 November 2024 News
Loss of key spray a ‘huge loss’ to potato growers
Attendees of the Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Day in Kildare on Thursday heard how the ongoing loss of key sprays and chemistry in the sector is having an impact on costs.
7 November 2024 News
Scheme for investment in commercial horticulture opens
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State Senator Pippa Hackett announced the opening of the 2025 scheme.
23 October 2024 News
Focus must shift away from low food prices - Dyson
A farmers’ outlook panel was held at the World Agri-tech Innovation Summit in London, where the key challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture sector were discussed.
2 October 2024 News