Quote from: Blowitupref on Today at 01:47:36 PMGreat, now the crisps will be going up in price.Quote from: johnnycool on Today at 12:32:02 PMQuote from: Armagh18 on Today at 10:45:28 AMGlobal warming my hole, cold wet and miserable March.
The spuds will be poor this year again.
We've just stumped out quite a load of £££ to redrain our pitch and the lad doing it struggled to get on it due to the rain, he's most of the main drains in, just needs to come back and finish the sand slitting over the top dressing once it's knitted a bit better.
Never been so persistently wet this winter that I can remember...
Farmers have to "watch, hope and pray" for a "sweet spot" of dry weather in the coming weeks or many will have to debate whether to plant at all this year.
As continuous rainfall adds to already saturated ground, many big and small potato farmers are warning that the Irish favourite variety of Rooster may be in scarce supply by June.
"We are still waiting to get planting. We should have some potatoes already planted for supply to Tayto," said Meath farmer Ivan Curran from his holding in Stamullen.
Mr Curran yields 11,000 tonnes of potatoes in a good year but last year was the worst year for rain he has seen in his 40 years in agriculture.
Soon won't have change from a tenner for a pint snd bag of crisps ffs