Potatoes

Buy Irish produce, and buy often

The Dealer wants people to buy Irish when it comes to all products, but potato and vegetable farmers are often struggling and don’t get the same publicity as others.

NEWS 22 July 2026

Buy Irish produce, and buy often

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Meade for success: from four acres to 1,100

Meade for success: from four acres to 1,100

NEWS 1 June 2026

Sun and heat drive crop growth

Sun and heat drive crop growth

CROPS 27 May 2026

Sowing continues into May

Sowing continues into May

Sowing continues into May

NEWS 29 April 2026

Sun shines for crops to go in, crop derogation applied for

Sun shines for crops to go in, crop derogation applied for

Sun shines for crops to go in, crop derogation applied for

NEWS 22 April 2026

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Will Irish beef make the cut at 2027 Masters?

Will Irish beef make the cut at 2027 Masters?

Rory's golf was immaculate at the Masters but the Dealer still questions his food choices.

DEALER 4 February 2026

Opinion: four quick thoughts for the weekend

Opinion: four quick thoughts for the weekend

With the weather up and the work under way at last, some musings from the tractor cab on the issues of the week.

OPINION 4 February 2026

Is fruit and vegetable production on the brink?

Is fruit and vegetable production on the brink?

High input and labour costs coupled with uncertain weather mean that the fruit and vegetable sector is the most vulnerable in Irish farming.

DEALER 4 February 2026

Little grounds for any positivity in potatoes - IFA

Little grounds for any positivity in potatoes - IFA

Jason O'Leary, who succeeded fellow Wexfordman Sean Ryan as chair of the IFA's potato committee, is very concerned about the year ahead.

NEWS 4 February 2026

Making gin from potatoes in Wexford

Making gin from potatoes in Wexford

Conor Kehoe reports from the Irish Tillage and Land Use Society's spring workshop where diversification into alcohol has been a success for one potato farm.

CROPS 4 February 2026

Fertiliser going out on drier land

Fertiliser going out on drier land

This week, Conor Kehoe talks to farmers in Wexford, Laois and Donegal as some farmers cautiously make it back out into the fields to spread fertiliser.

CROPS 4 February 2026

Carting off kartoffeln

Carting off kartoffeln

A bumper potato harvest in Germany has resulted in tons of the tubers being given away for free in Berlin recently. The Dealer has been busy brushing up on German to figure out what's going on.

DEALER 4 February 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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