Dublin cucumber farmers win Newbie new entrant competition
Gary Weldon, Sean Weldon and Shane Halpin in one of the Welgro glasshouses
Dublin farm Welgro Produce has been selected as the winner of the third Irish Newbie new entrant competition. The company, which was established by Shane Halpin, Sean Weldon and Gary Weldon, is one of only two commercial cucumber growers in Ireland.
The three complement each other well: Shane, has a background in horticulture and mechanics, Sean an accounting and processing background and Gary has an agricultural degree share the management responsibilities.
