MEETINGS OF MINDS?
3/30/2007 There have been quite a few meetings between SIPTU and POs, and SIPTU and the Mushroom Employers Committee.
BUNDLE OF JOY
3/30/2007 The Stork has informed Stalker of a recent birth...
DEAL OR NO DEAL
3/30/2007 Word has reached Stalker about the negotiations currently underway between SIPTU and growers in the South.
FLY CONTROL
3/30/2007 We are well into spring and crops being cased now will be cropping in May and June - so growers need to think about their fly control measures now.
EXIT STRATEGY
3/30/2007 Stalker has heard of another northern grower leaving the industry.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
3/30/2007 Stalker's spy network in the world of academe has reported that the local industry in Ireland may be under yet more academic scrutiny in the months ahead.
LIFE AFTER MUSHROOMS
3/30/2007 Stalker hears that Patsy Gildernew and son Sean are still busying away with the concrete products.
TUNNEL VISION
3/30/2007 News filtering through to Stalker on tunnel technology from JFM proves that the company is forever innovating and improving.
HARD PRICE-UPS
3/30/2007 The price of straw is still very high due to the scarcity of supply in Ireland.
INSPECTION FORCE
3/30/2007 The word is that SIPTU personnel are making the proposed farm visits....
CHIQUITA
3/30/2007 Chiquita Mushrooms have just completed an expansion programme on their mushroom farm in Melbourne.
SAY NOWT
3/30/2007 Market forces are all if one buys into the rhetoric of capitalistic consumerism.
SUMMER BLUES
3/30/2007 One industry insider view is that come this summer the "ass will be kicked out of it".
MARLEY MAN
3/30/2007 The industry bids a fond farewell to one stalwart of the composting scene.
IRISH EXPORTS TO "NEW WORLD"
3/30/2007 Stalker has recently learned that a certain Irish company has been winning more export orders....
