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Kingdom growers get the global green party started
Rosalind Skillen
Kerry nursery helps kickstart festivities as their beautiful symbols of Ireland are sent far and wide, writes Rosalind Skillen.
2 March 2025 News
Healy-Rae to make vegetable growers ‘stronger’ with big retailers
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 Northern Ireland
Mushroom growers want new legislation stopped
NI growers are concerned that the new legislation removes a guarantee around financial support.
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.
26 February 2025 News
Work permits ‘fiasco’ stunting growth of horticulture sector
Growers raised their concerns to the Minister of State with responsibility for horticulture Michael Healy-Rae at the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) horticulture and potato growers' meeting.
25 February 2025 News
Agri-Food Regulator calls on Minister for additional powers
The regulator’s CEO Niamh Lenehan was speaking about its board’s request submitted last September while at the Irish Farmers Association horticulture and potato growers' meeting on Tuesday.
25 February 2025 News
Inheritance tax changes to impact over 42,200 English and Scottish farms
AHDB analyst Tom Spencer said that tillage farms are the most likely to be affected due to their scale and asset size.
23 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Agri jobs: horticulture positions with accommodation
With planting and calving is full bloom, there are jobs going in the horticulture and dairy sectors across the country.
22 February 2025 News
Editorial: storm damage - forestry sector support
What many farmers don’t realise is that removing this timber at a time when the market is effectively flooded with windblown timber, has margin consequences.
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Labour costs dent growth on vegetable farms
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
IFA horticulture representatives meet minister Healy-Rae
This meeting had been brought forward to discuss the impact of storm Éowyn
19 February 2025 l2
IFA to hold national horticulture and potato meeting
The aim of the meeting is to discuss the major challenges in both sectors, with guest speakers from the Food Regulator, Teagasc, Bord Bia and the Department of Agriculture attending.
18 February 2025 News