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Tillage
Potatoes 'have to be handled like eggs'
Siobhán Walsh
Rain this week will help to reduce bruising in potato crops, but dry weather will be welcome to get potatoes out in the coming weeks.
26 September 2024 News
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.
14 September 2024 Ploughing Championships
The 2024 National Ploughing Championships in numbers
Take a look at the numbers that will be required to run the event, maintain the grounds and the food consumed at the National Ploughing Championships next week.
Watch: this week in photos - Dualla Show and potato variety day
Check out all the action from Dualla Show 2024 and the Haggard Stores potato variety open day. Our photographers also captured farmers harvesting, ploughing and more.
1 September 2024 News
EU potato production down 37% since 2000
Production across the 27 countries in the EU have plummeted over the past two decades.
14 August 2024 News
Seed potato crisis looming, growers warn
With imported seed potatoes from the continent costing €1,000 per acre and being of variable quality, farmers want post-Brexit importation of Scottish seed normalised.
7 August 2024 News
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.
3 August 2024 Opinion
Farmer Writes: sound of summer returns
Despite the bad year with regard to weather, we’re very pleased with the calf quality this year, with two being suitable for showing, writes Karen McCabe.
31 July 2024 Farmer Writes
Potatoes, maize and a lack of sunshine
This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Dublin, Kilkenny, and Meath, where the harvest has not kicked off just yet.
24 July 2024 Crops
Teagasc celebrates 60 years of agricultural innovation at Oak Park
The National Crops Research Centre held an open day, which showcased the evolution of crop production and how crop science has advanced over the past 60 years.
17 July 2024 News
Meade Potato Company in court
Paul Murphy reports from Navan District Court, where Meade Potato Company was charged on a number of counts.
17 July 2024 News
Potatoes, min-till and minding soil in Tipperary
Will Stokes farms in partnership with his father Paddy in Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary.
17 July 2024 News