‘On its knees’: Armagh’s famous apple industry ‘struggling to survive’
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Armagh apple growers call for support as prices fall and costs rise
County Armagh's famous apple-growing industry is "on its knees" and "struggling to survive". And many of the Orchard County's growers could now earn half of what they would have earned for their crop years ago. The claims were made by Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty in an adjournment debate in the…
‘On its knees’: Armagh’s famous apple industry ‘struggling to survive’
County Armagh’s famous apple-growing industry is “on its knees” and “struggling to survive”. And many of the Orchard County’s growers could now earn half of what they would have for their crop years ago. The claims were made by Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty in an adjournment debate in the Assembly, when he demanded to know what Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir intended to do to help. There was a cross-party chorus of calls for support from…
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