Tag: crops
Teagasc Advisory – Nursery Stock & Ornamentals Newsletter June 2018
Welcome to the first email post-GDPR implementation, I'm sure you are happy to see the back of all those emails!
Since the last ebulletin, the...
Crop estimate with new Iphone X from HortiKey
Wim Roest, branch manager at RedStar, received his ticket to the future from Andreas Hofland, General Manager at HortiKey. With the trade fair promotion...
Amenity crop exports 2017 – Bord Bia
The value of exports from the amenity sector was estimated at over €17m in 2017 which
was an increase on the previous year. Amenity horticulture...
Innovation in Fresh Produce Production from File to Field to Fork...
Teagasc Horticultural Development Department in association with Total Produce are holding a grower seminar, looking at ways in which growers can harness and improve...
Teagasc nursery stock spring meeting
The spring meeting will provide some ideas for preparing for the very busy growing season ahead, Xylella updates and some new proposed initiatives on...
‘Malling Centenary’ Showing Growth Potential
Dr. Eamonn Kehoe, Teagasc soft fruit specialist provides an update on the introduction to the Irish market of the newest strawberry ‘Malling Centenary’
The ‘Malling...
Peonies might make the cut
Andy Whelton explores the potential for peonies for the cut flower sector emerging from current applied research work being undertaken on the crop at...
Fruit and veg farmers in UK facing migrant labour shortages
UK summer fruit and salad growers are having difficulty recruiting pickers, with more than half saying they don't know if they will have enough...
Future advances for protected horticulture
Dr. Michael Gaffney, from Teagasc, outlines the key findings from the recent technology in horticulture conference
The recent horticultural technologies seminar hosted by Teagasc on...
Demonstrating integrated pest management
Dr. Michael Gaffney reports on the recent EU workshop ‘Demonstration Farms on Integrated Pest Management’
Since 2014, growers within the European Union are obliged to...