Sustainability research by Teagasc PhD student wins AES Best Poster Award
Teagasc Walsh Fellow and Ph.D. candidate, Mary Brennan, was awarded the Best Poster at the 92nd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, which was...
Pesticides: pilot assessments on cumulative risk near to completion
EFSA is close to completing two landmark assessments of the risks posed to consumers by multiple pesticides.
The pilot assessments – looking at the cumulative...
Doyle opens consultation process on new strategy for the Organic Sector
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle T.D., recently announced his intention to launch a public consultation...
Horticulture Politics – Impact that Storm Emma has had on the Horticultural sector
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the reopening of the horticulture investment scheme;...
Berry Seminar held at the new glasshouse facility Teagasc Ashtown
Teagasc celebrated the launch of the 2018 berry season with a berry seminar held in their new research glasshouse facility in Ashtown, Dublin. The...
Recruitment crisis – Joseph Blair
Ireland’s recovering horticulture sector is facing a problem it hasn’t had to deal with for over a decade: a hiring shortage. Joseph Blair of...
DUP MP warns of agri-food workers ‘crisis’ after Brexit – BBC News
Agri-food companies are at "crisis point" over the availability of labour, a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP has warned.
David Simpson said a failure to...
Berry Seminar
To celebrate the start of the 2018 berry season we are holding a berry seminar combined with a tour of our new glasshouse facilities...
Mushroom exports 2017 – Bord Bia
In 2017 the farmgate value of the mushroom industry was valued at over €121m, producing 68,000 tonnes of mushrooms. The mushroom industry exports 80%...
Potato promotion – Bord Bia
The EU and industry-funded promotional campaign titled “Potatoes – More Than A Bit On The Side” is being rolled out from 2015 to 2018....
