Agri-Business
Alltech to acquire Keenan following successful takeover talks
Alltech has agreed to acquire Keenan, the diet-feeder maker based in Borris, Co. Carlow, following successful takeover talks between the...
Agri-Business
World News
Chinese dairy imports hit by online retailer clampdown
Efforts to crack down on China’s cross-border online selling platforms has led to confusion in the trade of dairy products...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group wins eight year court battle against Competition Authority
Kerry Group has finally won its protracted battle to acquire food manufacturer Breeo Foods for a reported €140m. The Competition...
Agri-Business
Aurivo profits fall 55% during record-breaking milk supply year
Aurivo Co-op has posted lower profits for 2015, with the co-op’s operating profit falling by 55% (€3.7m), its 2015 financial...
Agri-Business
Devenish animal nutrition lands Queen's top award
Northern Ireland animal nutrition company Devenish has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The company is...
Agri-Business
Ulster Bank makes contact with farmers over proposed sale of their loans
Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is in contact with a number of business customers, many who are farmers, in...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports to the US drive values up in February
EU agri-food exports in February 2016 were worth €10.2 billion, which is well above export values in January 2016, according...
Agri-Business
Danone sales rise 3.5%, infant nutrition a key sales driver
Danone has posted consolidated sales growth of 3.5% for the first quarter of 2016, compared to the corresponding quarter in...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats wins on the double at the Green Awards
Dawn Meats, the meat processor which has operations in seven locations around Ireland, has been awarded in two categories at...
Agri-Business
Peter Kingston: 'My father has the funds to buy the cows' as sale falls through
An attempt to buy back approximately half the Kingston Craden Hill herd on Tuesday by Peter Kingston’s father has failed....
Agri-Business
Arrabawn signs €2m gas supply deal with Vayu energy
Arrabawn has announced that it has signed a gas supply deal, valued at over €2m per annum, with Vayu Energy....
Agri-Business
Alltech confirms it's in talks to takeover Keenan
Alltech has confirmed that the company is in talks with Keenan, after it was announced that receivers had been appointed...
Agri-Business
FBD appoints new Chief Financial Officer and Director
FBD Holdings plc has appointed John O’Grady as Chief Financial Officer and as Director of both the Group and of FBD Insurance...
Agri-Business
Infant nutrition key to Nestle's first quarter growth
Nestle has reported sales of CHF (Swiss Francs) 20.9 billion for the first-quarter (January to March) of 2016, with its infant...
Agri-Business
'Investment in new technology' drives Arrabawn's 2015 results
Arrabawn Co-op has reported an operating profit of €2.1m for 2015 which Chairman Sean Monahan has said is “largely down...
Agri-Business
Receivers appointed to diet-feeder maker Keenan, after investment falls through
Receivers have been appointed to the Borris-based Keenan System after reports of the company being in financial difficulty surfaced within...
Agri-Business
Infant formula key to Kiwi dairy company's growth
New Zealand dairy processor Synlait has reported a net profit after tax of NZ$12.3m for the first half of the...
Agri-Business
Farmland in Co Wexford makes almost €20,000/ac at auction
Farmland of 18.8 acres, made almost €20,000/acre at auction recent when it was sold at auction by Gorey-based auctioneer Denis...
