CHRISTMAS GLUT
1/31/2005 There was an unexpected source of frustration for some local growers this festive season just gone by, that seemed to be wholly unwarranted.
SAYONARA SYLVAN
1/31/2005 Stalker was saddened to hear that vivacious Sylvan rep Eilish McConville has left the company.
MONOPOLISTIC DISREGARD
1/31/2005 Gypsum, that essential ingredient for balancing compost PH levels, managed to be a source of irritation to compost yards over the festive season.
BRAND NEW WHEELS
1/31/2005 Gary Loughran and Niall Russell of JFM horticulture are apparently awaiting the arrival of new wheels in the next week or so.
NEW SALES OPERATIVE
1/31/2005 There's a new face at the main Monaghan office at Tyholland....
OVER THE RAINBOW
1/31/2005 The violent storms that battered the country in early January brought misery and even death to the land.
NEW YEAR PROGRESS
1/31/2005 Progress Mushroom Supplies' Paddy Mc Shane was spotted in January upping the physical fitness regime.
PICKING REGIMES
1/31/2005 Most growers seem to have picked up on the two-pick strategies being suggested by the industry's technical advisors over these past few years.
GET WELL SOON
1/31/2005 We would like to wish Brendan Vallely from J.F.McKenna’s a speedy recovery.
BULKED UP
1/31/2005 Going Dutch has been viewed by the big operations in the industry as the optimal way to proceed in the business.
COLD OUT
1/31/2005 With the weather being mostly what one would expect in winter, the warmest places to be if you're out and about in the country is indoors.
DIETARY REQUIREMENTS
1/31/2005 In the last few years Atkins was all the rage – eat protein, lose weight, and get smelly breath! The Atkins diet is being supplanted this year by the GI diet it would seem.
IFA FIVE-O
1/31/2005 The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) celebrated its 50th birthday in the RDS in Dublin this month.
CHRISTMAS FILLER
1/31/2005 Passing by a large mushroom house before Christmas, one of Stalker's spies was amazed to see vista of white through the wide open doors....
CLOSING DOWN.
1/31/2005 The inexorable shutting down of mushroom units throughout the country continues unabated.
