To celebrate the start of the 2018 berry season we are holding a berry seminar combined with a tour of our new glasshouse facilities and strawberry research unit. Everybody is welcome to attend.
18 April 2018
Event Time 9.30am
Venue Teagasc, Ashtown, Dublin 15
| 9.30am | Refreshments |
| 9.50am | Opening of the seminar by Chairman of the Irish Soft Fruit Growers Association Gary McCarthy |
| 10.00am | Getting the best production and quality from the CIV (Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti) strawberry varieties – AÂ European wide perspective Johaan Aelterman, Idris Consulting, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 10.30am | The increasing threat of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) to the Irish soft fruit industry Dr. Michael Gaffney, Teagasc |
| 11.00am | The latest developments in the soft fruit propagation industry. Latest varieties to suit Irish growers Kees Van Griessen, Van Den Elzen Plants, Erp, The Netherlands |
| 11.30am | Promotional campaigns for the Irish berry grower in 2018 Lorcan Bourke, Bord Bia |
| 12.00pm | Visit to the new state of the art glasshouse unit and to new strawberry research trial on ‘Malling Centenary’ Open discussion Dr. Eamonn Kehoe, Teagasc |
| 12.45pm | Close ofthe seminar by Teagasc Head of Horticulture Dermot Callaghan |
