Looking back at February 1985, the industry was thriving and full of news.
Monaghan Mushrooms invested nearly IR£1 million in expanding their processed mushroom facility in Tyholland and establishing a new fresh mushroom plant at nearby Cootehill in Co Cavan.
Veronica’s Mushrooms at Brantry in Tyrone got a big write-up. New Volvo lorries at Reen were pictured perfectly. The use of computerised controls on farms was being investigated.
And the birth of the industry no less was being explicated with the Young brothers of Maddybenny Nurseries in Coleraine pegged as the first commercial growers in Northern Ireland.
