Agri-Business
Diverging trends in EU retail dairy sales per capita
Over the last ten years, retail sales of dairy products followed diverging trends in the EU, according to latest research...
Agri-Business
Dairy
Anger as UK government advises consumers to halve dairy intake
The future of Ireland’s most important dairy market has been dealt a blow as the UK government is advising consumers...
Agri-Business
Food and live animal exports up 8% on January 2015
Exports of food and live animals in January 2016 increased by €52m (+8%) to €705m when compared January 2015, the latest...
Machinery
Kildare tractor cab manufacturer to double workforce
C&G Engineering Ltd, a tractor cab and component manufacturing business based in Clane, Co. Kildare has announced it will double...
Agri-Business
European sales drive Aryzta's growth
Aryzta has announced a 5.5% increase in revenue in its half year results, which it published today. The Swiss based...
Agri-Business
Dairygold protester ends sit in, now faces High Court
Ned McCarthy, the dairy farmer who staged a sit-in last week, left Dairygold’s Mitchelstown office over the weekend. McCarthy was...
Agri-Business
ABP/Slaney tie-up to be investigated in Brussels
Fane Valley Co-Op and ABP Food Group have been informed that the proposed 50:50 joint venture in relation to Slaney...
Agri-Business
Glanbia's top brass received €1.5m in cash incentives in 2015
Glanbia increased its pay to its top employees in 2015, including cash incentives totalling €1.515m to its top four earners....
Agri-Business
Vets take top training award to help get key messages to farmers
XLVets Skillnet has won the top award for Best Learning & Development Organisation – Networks & Groups at the Irish...
Agri-Business
FrieslandCampina posts higher 2015 profits due to lower purchasing costs
Dutch dairy giant – FrieslandCampina – has posted higher profits in 2015 compared to the year earlier, recent accounts published...
Agri-Business
Brexit fears for farming presented to Westminster
A British secretary of State document presented to Westminster has publicly aired concerns about the impact of Brexit on Northern...
Agri-Business
Dunbia looking to fill new roles on its Food Development Team
Dunbia is to invest close to £500,000 (€648,000) in hiring people for five new roles on its Food Development Team....
Agri-Business
UK dairy processors struggle to find markets for extra milk and cheese
UK dairy processors are finding it extremely difficult to find markets for milk and cheese this spring, due to the...
Agri-Business
Love wine? Love ice cream? Now you can have the two combined!
If you’re a fan of ice cream and wine, you’re in luck as a company in the US has created...
Agri-Business
Tyrone dairy farmer appointed as Vice-Chairman of Lakeland Dairies
Colin Kelso, a dairy farmer from Co. Tyrone, has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of Lakeland Dairies. The Dungannon farmer joined...
Agri-Business
Improved Fonterra facility to process four times more milk than Belview
Fonterra recently unveiled three new processing plants at its Edendale facility on the South Island of New Zealand. The development, which...
Agri-Business
Have your say on EU bioenergy policy
The European Commission is seeking your views on an EU policy for sustainable bioenergy from 2020 to 2030. Bioenergy is...
Agri-Business
Tesco figures show continuing reduction in Campylobacter levels
New figures released by Tesco UK show that the retailer is continuing to reduce the levels of Campylobacter in its...
