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Country Crest, the north Dublin based family owned agri-business, and Tesco Ireland have confirmed a further extension of its almost 20 year relationship until 2020 in a deal worth over €60 million.

Potato Chip manufacturer 'Keogh's crisps' has become one of the most popular food brands in Ireland over the past few years, and it grew out of a potato farm in Dublin.

The Irish Fruit and vegetable wholesaler Iverk Produce has signed a deal to provide Aldi with €70m worth of Irish-grown potatoes over three years.

Se prevé que el mercado de procesamiento de papas crecerá a una tasa anual compuesta de crecimiento del 5,3% a partir de 2017, para alcanzar un valor proyectado de 30,85 millones de dólares estadounidenses para 2022.

A fire has caused significant damage at the Meade Potato Company in Lobinstown, Navan, Co. Meath in Ireland

Irish housewife and mother Maria Flynn successfully started her own business Ballymakenny Farm Heritage Potatoes, growing the specialty potato Violetta.

A former Irish potato supplier to supermarket giant Tesco has failed to have a legal action for alleged breach of contract and personal injuries entered into the fast track Commercial Court list.

Several dozen organic farmers have been protesting outside Department of Agriculture offices in Athenry, Co Galway (Ireland) over delayed farm payments

Irish Potato Marketing Limited, a leading company in potato variety breeding and seed potato sector, today announced that it has changed its name to IPM Potato Group Limited.

Approximately 30 per cent of this year’s maincrop potato harvest in Ireland is now in store with growers expecting to have all remaining field work will be completed well before Christmas.

Irish Research Institute Teagasc hopes to begin planting out more than 5,000 potato plants in the next two weeks, in the second phase of its study into the environmental impact of blight-resistant genetically modified (GM) potatoes.

The Keogh farming family have been growing potatoes in north county Dublin for over 200 years. The city of Dublin has grown around the farm over the years.

Potato prices have taken a dramatic turn with a 450pc increase in less than six months in Ireland.

A group of campaigners in the Irish Republic has been refused a legal challenge over the first trial of a genetically modified potato crop. In July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave the go ahead for a gm blight-resistant potato crop to be tested in County Carlow.

Moves will be made in the High Court today to launch a legal challenge to a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow trials on a genetically modified (GM) potato to be carried out.

Ireland's environmental protection agency has approved the first trial of a genetically modified potato crop.

Potato growers could achieve potential savings of more than €450/ha if they used a blight-resistant genetically modified (GM) potato variety instead of a conventional variety.

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) dio su visto bueno para las pruebas de una papa genéticamente modificada (GM) que es resistente al tizón de la papa. En los próximos cuatro años se sembrarán en Irlanda dos hectáreas con esta papa genéticament...