BOARD OF IRISH AGRI-FOOD REGULATOR Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister announced selection of Chair and Board Members to the Board of An Rialálaí Agraibhia -Office to be formally established on 13 December(Agri-Food Regulator)
CARBON-NEGATIVE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION SYSTEM x University of Stirling scientists have led a project to develop a carbon negative food source in the form of edible mushrooms.
CHAMPIGNONDAGEN JULY 2022 Champignondagen The following is the full text of the recent communication from the Mushroom Days organisers for July 2022. EVENT CANCELLED
Mycronutrient Products Compared F.H Parker and S.G Whitehall Ballstone Farm, Quarnford, UK, 2016 This experiment clearly defines the effect of adding supplements to the casing and interface.
Growing Systems Abroad Brendan Burns Sylvan Ireland A look at how growing systems have evolved and a glimpse of the future for mushroom growing.
2015 CONFERENCE PREVIEW Mairéad Kilpatrick, AFBI Loughgal 2015 All Ireland & UK Mushroom Conference & Trade Show Preview
GOURMET COOK OUT By Frank Parker, Nutrigain Ltd In days of yore when petrol was half a crown a gallon and kerosene was two shillings, growers did a very thorough job of cooking out.
THE DANGERS OF H2S IN MUSHROOM COMPOST Teagasc:Dr Helen Grogan, Dr Tom Curran, Balasubramanian Velusami Teagasc has characterised emissions of the toxic gas associated with this activity and developed guidelines to ensure the safety of operators.
UKRAINE MUSHROOM CONFERENCE UMDIS The 1st International conference “Ukrainian mushroom growing: a strategy of success” is finished.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW FARM SAFETY SCHEME Ag The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, announced the introduction of a new Farm Safety Scheme.
MUSH TV Helen Grogan An EU research project led by Teagasc researcher, Dr Helen Grogan, is delivering new technologies to the European mushroom industry.
DISOLITE & OMNICIDE Steve Williams DISOLITE & OMNICIDE-M Proven by the H.D.C, as one of the most effective disinfectants for killing "Trichoderma Aggressivum"
HOW GOOD IS MY DISINFECTION ROUTINE? Frank Parker and Stuart Whitehall There is some interesting information coming in on the subject of testing how good your disinfection routine is.
CONFERENCE 2013: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE tmp The All Ireland and UK Mushroom Conference and Trade Show 2013 was billed as the inaugural event of a newly constituted conference line-up.
MUSHROOM DEBACLE AT SWEDISH ACADEMY the local The row took off after a Chinese translation of a poem written by last year's literature prize winner.
MUSHROOM WORSHIP Carl de Borhegyi Spanish chroniclers recorded that the Aztecs, at the time of the Spanish Conquest, revered three different kinds of narcotic mushrooms
CHINA'S $14M FOR MUSHROOM CULTIVATION MM FIJI: Chinese government gave $14 million to the government through the Agriculture Department for mushroom cultivation
COSTA GROUP ACQUIRE ADELAIDE MUSHROOMS COSTA Australia’s leading grower and marketer of fresh produce the Costa Group has announced its intention to acquire Adelaide Mushrooms.
UK GOES MAD FOR MUSHROOMS mushroom bureau Consider the health benefits as the mushroom has so many B vitamins they could make a tomato blush.
MUSHROOM WORSHIP yucatantimes Mushroom imagery occurred with such frequency and in such indisputably religious context that there can be no doubt as to their importance in the development and practice of indigenous religion.
FEEDING YOUR MUSHROOMS NATURALLY Frank Parker & Stuart Whitehall the MycroNutrient concept dates back to the 1990's, with demonstrated the improvement in quality, yield and mould resistance in mushrooms grown from supplemented compost.
NORTH’S MINISTER PLUGS AGRI-FOOD SECTOR Dardni Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Michelle O’Neill, outlined the role that agri-food sector can play in driving export led growth in the local economy.
MINISTER ADDRESSES CONFERENCE Department of Agriculture "The mushroom industry is one of the success stories of Irish agriculture over the past 30 years."
AGRI-FOOD BUSINESS 'COULD CREATE 15,000 NEW JOBS' x The Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association document, published ahead of next year's Assembly elections, outlines plans to develop the sector.
AGRI-FOOD EXPORT REPORT - Implementation Irish Times A group to oversee the implementation of a report on the horticulture sector has been established by the Irish Government.
One Million FETAC Awards Teagasc Teagasc Newsletter no.35 December 2010 compiled by Gerry Walsh, Tom Kellegher and Helen Grogan
VOLUMES LOW IN US
A shortage of fresh mushrooms in the U.S, with some yield losses as high as 25%.
HARTE PEAT LAUNCHES BULK PEAT SERVICE David Austin When it comes to casing there is only one question to be answered - "Why didn’t they think of this before!"
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT FROM A CASING? Carl Bozicek AMYCEL I wanted to comment upon what appears (at least to me) to be currently salient points on casing characteristics.
Ear to the Ground tmp Ear to the Ground carried an entertaining and informative piece on foraging for mushrooms and an attempt at growing oyster mushrooms and truffles on logs.
CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO MUSHROOM FARM TRAGEDY JUSTINE HUNTER BRITISH COLUMBIA: WORKERS' SAFETY
Families call for inquiry into farm tragedy
Relatives of victims in B.C. mushroom farm accident call on WorkSafeBC to 'clean up' industry
Mushroom Worker Fights tmp Michael Phan is still struggling to awake from a coma that followed a Langley mushroom farm accident.
LOCAL MINISTER SUPPPORTS MUSHROOM INDUSTRY tmp Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Michelle Gildernew took a day out of her busy ministerial schedule and devoted it exclusively to the mushroom industry.
Barry Woodcock (Chairman of Traymaster) Traymaster Barry Woodcock (Chairman of Traymaster) passed away peacefully on December 2nd 2007 with his immediate family by his side.
Disease Control and Disinfectant Rates Carl Bozicek, Amycel (UK) Ltd. This article is prompted by recent discussions on one farm where they were struggling with regular Cobweb problems.
The origins of the Irish Satellite Growing system (I): The crisis of the 1970s Francisco Arqueros IRCHSS The Irish satellite growing system was set up as a response to the crisis of the 1970s and as national initiative promoted in Ireland by the Industry Development Agency (IDA) and the Department of Agriculture and Food through Teagasc.
Stored Spent Mushroom Compost and Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Helen Grogan, Gerry Walsh and Tom Kellegher Hydrogen sulphide gas (H2S) is released from stored organic material that becomes anaerobic such as animal slurry, organic waste and also spent mushroom compost.
Dark Skies Father Zak A craggy Island somewhere in the British Isles - the scene is set for some crack...
Commercial Mushroom Producers Securing the Future Jim Gollogley , CMP Article from April 2006: Commercial Mushroom Producers (CMP) Co-operative Society Limited is the largest Producer Organisation in Ireland representing in the region of 90% of Irish mushroom growers.
4th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference IMMC4 The 4th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (IMMC4) will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia between the 23rd and 27th of September, 2007.
WINDS OF CHANGE FOR IRISH MUSHROOM INDUSTRY Francisco Arqueros IRCHSS The final act of the most important structural transformation of the Irish Mushroom Industry since the creation of the satellite growing system
SOLVING BAD SMELLS FROM MUSHROOM COMPOST 'GOODY' WATER Mairead Kilpatrick &Ralph Noble Helping to solve the odour problems associated with compost production.
The results of a HortLINK project that should improve the environment of mushroom composting sites.
Watering And The Spread Of Mushroom Diseases John Fletcher, Ask any grower, read any book on mushrooms, consult any adviser and the message is same. They will all agree that water can spread mushroom diseases.
New Risks of Mushroom Worker's Lung John E. Moore, J.R. Rao, Beverley C. Millar and J. Stuart Elborn New mushroom cultivars:
new risks of mushroom worker's lung!
Articledated June 2005.
Industry Gathers for Science Update Mairead Kilpatrick Early in October, key stakeholders from the Mushroom Industry gathered at the Northern Ireland Horticulture and Plant Breeding Station, Loughgall to hear the latest results from the Applied Plant Science research and development programme on mushroom compost. The event also heralded the introduction of a new compost analytical service that uses state of the art Near Infra-red Spectroscopy technology as a quality assurance tool for mushroom compost quality.
Mushroom Conference - Poster Report David Seaby The All Ireland Mushroom Conference 16/10/2003 at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan has already received good photographic coverage and a broad outline of events has been presented. I’m going to try and be more specific in this and one or two other articles in the next few months.
Review of 2002
All in all 2002 turned out to be a less depressing year than the preceding twelve months.
PICKING STRATEGY Sylvan Ireland & Henk van Gerwen The cost of picking is the single biggest cost after compost in producing a pound of mushrooms. Therefore ways of improving picking rates and yield need to be looked at to keep costs under control.
The Importance of Analysing Your Business By Martin Duffy AMYCEL The mushroom industry over the last period has become more and more difficult to succeed in. Costs have continually increased and returns have decreased making mushroom growing less profitable. Many growers have been lost to the industry and existing growers are experiencing a major drop in their income!
Farewell Party for the Glenveagh Lorry Drivers X A great night was had by all in McNamara's Hotel, Moville at the end of August to host a surprise party for the Glenveagh collection drivers – Liam O’Donnell, James McGee and Stanley Dill to mark the occasion of Liam and James’ retirement!
THE NEW PICKING MACHINE
A farm walk was held at the farm of Mr Shaun McGonagle, Glenside Mushrooms, Redcastle, Co.Donegal on September 25th. The objective of the farm walk was to view the latest machine....
AMERICA, THE PLACE TO BE! John Peeters America, the Netherlands, that is. In the Netherlands there is a small town in the south-east, near Horst, called America. Not named after a continent, but long before the big America was so named, after a nearby swamp.
Amycel farm walk on Dutch Shelving
AMYCEL held a farm walk recently on the topic of ‘growing on Dutch shelving’. The farm walk was held on Ashfield farm Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. The highly experienced John de Gier (formerly of Horst) led the proceedings.
What Price Information?
On a business level, how much is information about your own mushroom business and the industry in general worth to you? How far are you willing to go to get hold of it? Perhaps a more important question to answer is what value should you place on it?
Advisie Screen: Advisie During the year1999-2000 AdVisie has conducted research on the
spreading of Verticilium on farms in the Netherlands. The aim of the research was
to find a practical test for Verticilium, make practical handouts for the people on
the farm and instruct them and to findpractical solutions to stop the spreading of Verticilium.
MUSHROOM YIELD MODELS, TO BE OR NOT TO BE? David Seaby Second report on the Hillgrove Mushroom Conference. An interesting presentation was on yield modelling, a subject I have been fascinated by for many years.
MIANI ARRIVAL WELCOMED BY GROWERS
The Initial meeting of MIANI took place in November, and was attended by a large number of participants.
McGeary's Head European Mushroom Pilgrimage For Irish Growers
Top Irish mushroom group, McGeary's dispatched a group of forty mushroom growers on a trip to see the world leading Dutch Technology and mushroom growing techniques in action in February 2001.
POWER PLANT v PEOPLE POWER
Planned new biomass power plant is upsetting locals North and South - but will help the mushroom industry.
Aoife O'Brien said ... David Seaby Aoife O'Brien said, and she should know, being an international high flier, that the Biannual Mushroom Conference at the Hillgrove Hotel is the best 24-hour mushroom conference in the world! - Conference pics inside!
WELCOME TO THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE ONLINE Stalker & co. This new site is experimental and evolving - visitors can send us feedback (go to Contact Us ) with suggestions, comments, or articles for inclusion.
Italspawn - Take a closer look Italspawn This month in the commercial corner we are taking a look at the company ITALSPAWN who have been established in the Irish market for the last 4 years.
