WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
8/30/2009 Plans to extract 3.84 million litres of water a day from Lough Neagh to cool the proposed biomass plant run on poultry litter are alarming the local community in Antrim.
DEPRESSED, SENSITIVE, UNDER PRESSURE!
8/27/2009 Stalker isn’t surprised by the language that some commentators use when talking about the industry at the moment.
CLOSURES
8/27/2009 Stalker was saddened to hear of at least another two growers, one north, one south, that have shut their doors for good it seems.
TECH REP CONCERN
8/27/2009 One of the foremost technical reps in these islands was touring in Ireland recently.
WORLD RECORDS
8/27/2009 The world record combine harvester spectacle that happened at Duleek in Co Meath on Saturday August 15th was a wonder to behold.
LEAVING THE INDUSTRY
8/27/2009 Eilín Connolly, the very highly regarded rep with Amycel, is moving on to pastures new.
TEENY-TINY MUSHROOM FARM
8/27/2009 Stalker was amused by the product on sale at a mushroom farm in Canada for the smaller folk amongst us.
BIG 4 REJECT
8/27/2009 Britain’s biggest supermarkets could face tougher government controls- including big fines for mistreating suppliers...
OPENINGS
8/27/2009 Word along the highways and byways points to a new development at Tyholland in Co Monaghan.
MONIES
8/27/2009 It’s coming to that time of year when there is monies for P.O’s coming on stream.
FELTING SHROOM
8/27/2009 While on staycation in Ireland Stalker came across probably the most expensive mushroom in the land.
H1N1 PROXIMITY ALERT
8/27/2009
While swanning about looking at felting mushrooms Stalker was unaware that lurking just up the road was the “dreaded” swine flu virus H1N1.
STAYCATIONING
8/27/2009 Another mushroom industry notable on staycation in Ireland this month was none other than Reen operative Robert Wilson, along with his family.
TAGGED OR CODED
8/27/2009 Stalker is intrigued by reports that a replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode has been outlined by US researchers.
TWITTER YE NOT
8/27/2009 There’s been a lot of talk about twitter of late in the media and amongst the chatteratti.
