N.Ireland
The Belfast Miss Great Britain finalist 2026 wants to use her voice to make sure the next generation sees a future in farming.
Arable
A major potato pest, the Colorado beetle, has been successfully eradicated from the UK since its last sighting two years, according to Defra.
The potato sector is to benefit from the delivery of seven industry projects funded by residual levy reserves
At a recent launch in Germany, Grimme presented the EVO 280, a two-row potato bunker-harvester...
The organisers of a major UK potato exhibition and field demonstration have confirmed a strong...
Agri-Business
With the latest Toppa series, Grimme believes that it is bringing a new generation of haulm toppers...
Integrated potato supply chain specialists AKP Group based in North Lincolnshire, has completed...
Potato Solutions has said doubts remain about the state of potatoes yet to be lifted following recent "torrential rainfall".
A new collaborative project is aiming to reduce the risk of potato bruising through technology to...
Colorado potato beetle larvae has been found in Kent for a second time, the Department for...
The Comber Earlies Food Festival has relocated its venue to Comber Leisure Centre and plans to celebrate its famed potato "bigger than ever”.
The total area of potato planted in Britain is the third lowest on record at 117.47k/ha, according to a revised AHDB estimate.
The Irish and UK sugar beet and potato yield for 2015 is to be above the five-year average, according to the European Commission's latest MARS Bulletin.
Rural Life
Pete and Euan Grewar, two of Scotland’s top potato producers who came up with the idea, describe their novel business as an extension of the farmgate honesty box to Farmers Weekly.
The humid weather over the last week is the ideal conditions for potato blight to establish.
Potato farmers in a rural corner of Canada have come under attack of a different sort; someone's been putting pins and nails in their potatoes.
New season growers are receiving €750/t for potatoes this week
Machinery
Have you left planting potatoes to the last minute? Here's how to catch up quickly
It's Pancake Tuesday, otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday, and that means tomorrow marks the start of Lent.
European funding will be crucially important in helping maintain the fabric of Ireland’s potato industry, according to a leading packer.
Everyone should be concerned about where our food comes from and who picks it, Hollywood actress Eva Longoria told a packed audience at the Web Summit in Dublin.
Strong demand exists for in-season locally produced potatoes and farmers in Northern Ireland are being advised farmers to market their produce strongly.
What do the following names have in common? – Robinta, Irish Cobbler, Winston and Lumper.
