Francess McDonnell

Brazil’s meat giant flags ‘robust global demand’ in first quarter
Brazil’s meat giant flags ‘robust global demand’ in first quarter

Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meat processor and owner of Moy Park, has reported record net revenue of more than...

Trouw Nutrition to close production plant in Belfast
Trouw Nutrition to close production plant in Belfast

Trouw Nutrition today (Thursday, May 14) confirmed that it intends to close its production plant in Northern Ireland later this...

Conflict in Middle East ‘affecting’ global dairy sector – analysts
Conflict in Middle East ‘affecting’ global dairy sector – analysts

The global dairy sector is likely to experience “long lasting impacts” from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East according...

New €5.75m cross-border ‘climate-friendly beef’ project launched
New €5.75m cross-border ‘climate-friendly beef’ project launched

Twelve farms, north and south, are set to take part in a new cross border project which aims to help...

NI farmers need ‘straight answers’ on available support – UFU
NI farmers need ‘straight answers’ on available support – UFU

Farmers in Northern Ireland need “greater clarity” on what supports are available to them at this time the Ulster Farmers’...

Lakeland Dairies increases March base milk price by 3c/L
Lakeland Dairies increases March base milk price by 3c/L

The Lakeland Dairies board has today (Monday, April 13) agreed to increase the base price for milk by 3c/L for...

Sainsbury’s commits to £5bn investment in long-term farming agreements
Sainsbury’s commits to £5bn investment in long-term farming agreements

Supermarket goup Sainsbury’s today (Tuesday, March 31) announced that it plans to invest £5 billion into UK and Irish agriculture...

Why Dale Farm and Aurivo pulled the plug on merger talks
Why Dale Farm and Aurivo pulled the plug on merger talks

After months and months of discussions and many, many meetings north and south, the prospect of a fully blown merger...

Aurivo–Dale Farm: What a merger could mean for the dairy sector
Aurivo–Dale Farm: What a merger could mean for the dairy sector

With a combined total of more than 100 years in business and the fortunes of 2,260 dairy farmers at stake,...

Bluetongue: Devon calf born with no brain tissue
Bluetongue: Devon calf born with no brain tissue

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the number of bluetongue cases in Great Britain...

Tariff-free US deal delivers win for NI beef exporter
Tariff-free US deal delivers win for NI beef exporter

Northern Ireland’s biggest red meat exporter today (Monday, March 2) lauded a US/UK tariff-free trade deal which has delivered a...

Lakeland Dairies holds January milk price but introduces ‘input support’
Lakeland Dairies holds January milk price but introduces ‘input support’

The Lakeland Dairies Board today (Thursday, February 12) confirmed it will hold the price for milk for January. The board...

UK court bans Swedish oat based company from using ‘milk’ in marketing
UK court bans Swedish oat based company from using ‘milk’ in marketing

The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Swedish company, Oatly, cannot use the term “milk” when it is promoting...

Defra identifies 2 calves ‘with blindness’ among bluetongue cases
Defra identifies 2 calves ‘with blindness’ among bluetongue cases

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has confirmed that the number of bluetongue cases in Great Britain...

NI farmers stage inheritance tax protest outside supermarket
NI farmers stage inheritance tax protest outside supermarket

Farmers in Northern Ireland have launched a fresh campaign against the UK’s new inheritance tax legislation which will become law...

‘I thought it was indigestion’ – NI farmer fed calves and cows during heart attack
‘I thought it was indigestion’ – NI farmer fed calves and cows during heart attack

A farmer in Northern Ireland who “took Gaviscon” and worked on feeding calves and cows during a heart attack has...

Climate report: Years from 2023 to 2025 ‘were exceptionally warm’
Climate report: Years from 2023 to 2025 ‘were exceptionally warm’

Last year was the “third hottest” year on record according to a new report released today (Wednesday, January 14) by...

US to welcome potential 13,000t of UK beef in 2026 under new quota
US to welcome potential 13,000t of UK beef in 2026 under new quota

A new country-specific, guaranteed quota of 13,000t earmarked for beef from the UK has officially come into force in the...