Potatoes

Potato yields set to drop as ongoing drought forces farmers to irrigate

Potato yields are expected to be well back following months of dry weather and irrigation, but IFA potato chair Jason O'Leary has stressed there will be enough potatoes to supply the Irish market.

NEWS 13 August 2026

Potato yields set to drop as ongoing drought forces farmers to irrigate

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Is fruit and vegetable production on the brink?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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