- Location
- West Suffolk
Markie to Ireland? Get clear by Christmas!
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Potato price 2018
- Thread starter Sonoftheheir
- Start date
Markie to Ireland? Get clear by Christmas!
Trying
Member
That’s what I try to do every year. Sometimes just running over to new year. I don’t know what’s going to happen next year. All I can say is that there is no way they can get the quantity and quallity of potatoes from our area anywhere else as cheap. If there are restrictions they will find away round them. After all they are the Irish and resourceful with it.
O and yes a couple more weeks and I’ll be done.- Location
- East meath/dublin
There was an item on this evenings news about this very subject . The Dublin chip shop owner was seriously concerned at the prospect of a disruption in the supply of english chipping potatoes. Over 80 000 + tons are imported every year and with native production of chipping spuds only amounting to roughly 10000 tons a serious defecit will arise if common sense doesent prevail .That’s what I try to do every year. Sometimes just running over to new year. I don’t know what’s going to happen next year. All I can say is that there is no way they can get the quantity and quallity of potatoes from our area anywhere else as cheap. If there are restrictions they will find away round them. After all they are the Irish and resourceful with it.
The then asked the IFA potato commitee chair for his views and while he didnt wish to comnent on chip shop potato imports he was very worried about the supply of Scotch seed for next spring
Could be a few major headaches ahead .
Also my local chippie is payiing a hell of a lot more than 140 quid a ton for his markies as always the middlemen do the least and earn the most !!
- Location
- West Suffolk
Trying
Member
Thanks for that.
is that chippy in Dublin?
Be nice to know if they were my potatoes that made the TV.
They will find away to get them there. For sure. 100%.
ridger
Member
- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
What name is on your bags?Thanks for that.
is that chippy in Dublin?
Be nice to know if they were my potatoes that made the TV.
They will find away to get them there. For sure. 100%.
AndrewB
Member
- Location
- Kincardineshire
I’ve 4 loads of seed , piper and Markies to N Ireland this week, normally do the orders in February.
- Location
- Cambs
Good to hear! Not selling myself currently, but speaking with another local grower today who was complaining with a lack of orders and prices under pressure - oh and storage issues too! [emoji51]
Trying
Member
Chambers Chippers.
- Location
- West Suffolk
I hope they find a way, don’t need another 80k tonnes around here!
ridger
Member
- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Keep them and give us a chance for a year. Nothing much being processed here with the restaurant's closed
- Location
- West Suffolk
We don’t send any over there. But farms around us, the Irish job is their main market. @Honest john sends a few I think ?
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Yep its a quite upmarket establishment the fish is excellent the use only fresh fish chips can be iffy imo sometimes not cooked enough if the place is busy .Thanks for that.
is that chippy in Dublin?
Be nice to know if they were my potatoes that made the TV.
They will find away to get them there. For sure. 100%.
Cant beat the Italians when it comes to frying chips
- Location
- West Suffolk
Looked like they had par fried potatoes in plastic bags?
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Possibly but the could be buying them ready peeled and sliced from one of the potato wholesalers . You cant beat seeing the 4 stone bags of best essex piper going in the back door at least thats what my local chipper was using the last time i checked . Ready sliced is the big no no you never know what you are getting might as well go to McDonalds for that .
- Location
- West Suffolk
Yea your right, except about the Essex bit 
Suffolk potatoes are better 
Suffolk potatoes are better
Trying
Member
I would say Cambridgeshire.Yea your right, except about the Essex bit
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Yea your right, except about the Essex bit
Ha i was wating for you to say that !!! Probably plenty of Suffolk and Cambridge piper as well as essex . My man prefers piper to any other potato that and frying in good quality oil never fat makes his chips worth their premium
- Location
- West Suffolk
I would say Cambridgeshire.
Well yes Cambridgeshire, half of ours are grown there, but the home farm is just over the border in Suffolk so that’s the address on the bags
- Location
- West Suffolk
I wonder if we put our other farms address with Cambs in it they’d make more