Concerns over mushroom sector raised with minister
IFA says the ban on peat harvesting threatens the future viability of the Irish mushroom sector. File Picture.
IFA met with Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marin, Pippa Hackett to discuss the difficulties that have emerged in the mushroom sector.
The industry is the largest horticultural sector in Ireland and has a farm gate value of €119m, of which 85% is exported to the UK.
