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Traditional blight spraying ‘gone out the window’ - Teagasc

Potato planting is three weeks ahead of last year for many Irish farmers, however, Ireland’s current climate of wet springs and summers can allow fungal diseases like late blight to thrive.

NEWS 4 May 2025

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Managing fungicide resistance in Irish crops

Managing fungicide resistance in Irish crops

CROP PROTECTION 12 April 2025

Products coming off the market in 2025

Products coming off the market in 2025

CROP PROTECTION 9 April 2025

Strict guidelines remain for blight control, new product available

Strict guidelines remain for blight control, new product available

Strict guidelines remain for blight control, new product available

NEWS 26 March 2025

Resistance to new blight strain a concern

Resistance to new blight strain a concern

Resistance to new blight strain a concern

NEWS 27 November 2024

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News Podcast: the weather, liver fluke and spuds

News Podcast: the weather, liver fluke and spuds

On this week’s News Podcast, we discuss a liver fluke warning, future weather patterns and hear about a blight strain which could hit the potato crop.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Loss of key spray a ‘huge loss’ to potato growers

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.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Tillage Podcast: potato digging in the northeast and wheat varieties

Tillage Podcast: potato digging in the northeast and wheat varieties

Stephen McCabe of Haggard Stores joins us on this week’s show to chat harvest and potatoes in the northeast.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Growers urged to be vigilant for new potato blight strain

Growers urged to be vigilant for new potato blight strain

The EU43 strain of potato blight, first recorded in Ireland last year, has been causing concern for potato grower throughout the country after outbreaks of the pathogen in Europe.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Met Éireann announces nationwide blight warning

Met Éireann announces nationwide blight warning

This also comes after a new blight strain EU43, which is resistant to some fungicides, has caused concern among potato farmers this year.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Royal Irish Academy hosting public lecture on potato famine pathogen

Royal Irish Academy hosting public lecture on potato famine pathogen

The lecture will explore the migrations and spread of the pathogen Phytophthora infestans, which entered the shores of Ireland in 1845 and devastated the potato crop.

NEWS 3 August 2024

Opinion: potato growers are a special breed

Opinion: potato growers are a special breed

A meeting of potato growers in Enniscorthy this week highlighted the many issues facing growers. As ever, price and weather were near the top of the list.

OPINION 3 August 2024

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Year after year, Hygeia delivers for Mayo sheep farmer

For Martin Colleran and his son Ryan, farming just outside Kilmaine, Co Mayo, their success is built on good land, healthy stock and smart decisions.

Year after year, Hygeia delivers for Mayo sheep farmer

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