Agri-Business
Country Crest to pay €88,000 after spray damage to apple orchard
Potato farm business Country Crest in north Co. Dublin has been ordered to pay over €88,000 to a neighbouring fruit...
Country Crest
Agri-Business
Country Crest and Tesco confirm €62.5 million vegetable contract
Country Crest and Tesco Ireland confirmed the supply of potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes to all Tesco stores nationwide and for...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Beef
'I would appeal to the meat factories: Just go and fix this'
Meat factories are being urged to “pay farmers properly” and to “understand the crisis” farmers are in by Michael Hoey,...
Agri-Business
Hoey's winning formula: 'Face your crisis. Address it. Drive through it'
Reporting from Lexington, Kentucky, US. Starting out as “the new kid on the block” and dealing with the horsemeat scandal...
Agri-Business
158 million potatoes in Tesco contract
Country Crest has secured a €60 million deal with Tesco Ireland. The deal will see the north Co. Dublin based...
Agri-Business
Tesco saves 300t of 'perfectly good' onions from going to waste
A new product range dubbed ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ established by Tesco Ireland has saved almost 300t of “perfectly good” onions from...
Agri-Business
Country Crest closes the loop on 'farm to fork'
The Hoey brothers – the forces behind Country Crest – have gone from being fourth-generation farmers to epitomising the ‘farm...
Machinery
Journey from peat to silage: Classic John Deere gets new lease of life
This John Deere 4055 has been given a new lease of life after it was picked up at a Bord...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
