Agri-Business
The last ever Land Rover Defender was made this week
Production of one of the world’s most iconic jeeps ceased this week after 68 years. On Thursday at Jaguar Land Rover’s...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
New grocery laws set to be signed off
New regulations aimed at regulating certain practices in the grocery goods sector are set to come into force shortly. It is...
Agri-Business
Here's how Glanbia plans to support milk prices in 2016
The Board of Glanbia Co-operative Society Limited has announced the creation of a “2016 Member Support Package” worth, at least,...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports rise by €500m in November
The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2015 amounted to €10.9 billion, approximately €500 million higher than in November...
Agri-Business
Investigation finds Tesco UK 'intentionally' delayed payments to suppliers
The UK’s new Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices and systems after...
Agri-Business
Analysis: Global Dairy Trade gives transparency but does not set world dairy prices
The world largest dairy exporter, Fonterra, traded less than one-third of its products through the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions...
Agri-Business
See how much an acre of land cost last year in your province
There’s been an 11% drop in the amount of money that was spent last year buying farmland on 2014 levels,...
Agri-Business
New rules on what's butter and what's not butter
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published a guidance note on the use of the term butter in...
Agri-Business
Alltech acquires leading animal nutrition company
Alltech has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Masterfeeds, Inc., in a share purchase agreement with Ag Processing Inc (AGP)....
Agri-Business
Chinese inspections of meat exporters to begin 'in next few weeks'
Several countries are to visit Ireland in 2016 to conduct inspections on meat processing plants with the first beginning in...
Agri-Business
Dow Chemical and DuPont to merge and form one company
Chemical companies Dow Chemical and DuPont have announced that they are to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The...
Agri-Business
Monsanto posts 'better than expected' first quarter results
Monsanto has posted ‘better than expected‘ first quarter results for 2016 which it states delivered earnings per share (EPS) for the first...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats appoints new Sustainability Manager
David O’Flynn has been appointed Group Corporate Social Responsibility Manager with Dawn Meats. Prior to joining Dawn Meats, O’Flynn worked for...
Agri-Business
Dunbia awarded for commitment to environmental management
Dunbia has been awarded Platinum status in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC). The...
Agri-Business
Dairy Crest completes sale of dairies to Muller
Dairy Crest has completed the sale of its dairies operations to Muller UK & Ireland group. The announcement was made...
Agri-Business
World Trade deal sees agricultural export subsidies banned
Export subsidies, which accounted for one third of the EU CAP budget in the 1980s, will no longer be used...
Agri-Business
Urea prices look set to be €50/t lower - year-on-year - in early 2016
Urea prices have fallen by €50/t over the past 12 months, according to UK-based fertiliser nitrogen analyst Christine Gregory. “Last January...
Agri-Business
Dairygold makes two appointments to its Board of Directors
Dairygold Co-operative Society has made two appointments to its Board of Directors following elections today (December 21). Dairygold Board Vice...
