Agri-Business
Dale Farm in job saving Fivemiletown deal
Dale Farm has confirmed that it has reached agreement to buy the Fivemiletown cheese brands from Glanbia Ingredients Ireland and reached agreement...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
China beef imports witness almost four-fold increase
Nick McIlroy, Shanghai Office, Bord Bia-Irish Food Board A new report released by Rabobank forecasts Chinese beef imports to grow...
Agri-Business
Strathroy to target more Wexford farmers
Strathroy Dairies plans on expanding its milk pool in the south east of Ireland, its Managing Director Ruairi Cunningham has...
Agri-Business
National Ploughing Championships to move north?
As part of its commitment to making the sums add up at its new home, the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society...
Agri-Business
Manufacturing issues and tight spring put pressure on fertiliser supplies
Manufacturing issues in plants across Europe and a tight spring for field operations have left supplies of some fertilisers very scarce...
Agri-Business
William Smith – going for four-in-a-row at Balmoral
Co. Meath Limousin breeder William Smith is hoping to achieve four successive Beef Inter Breed Championships in a row at Balmoral...
Agri-Business
30 new on-farm anaerobic digestion plants planned for Northern Ireland
Assured Asset Energy Ltd (AAE) has launched a new £27 million fund to finance up to 30 new on-farm renewable...
Agri-Business
Glanbia MD answers shareholder questions
Siobhan Talbot who is now seven months into her role as Glanbia Group Managing Director addressed shareholders for the first...
Agri-Business
People grocery shop less often, but buy more
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland show the Irish grocery market returning to growth for the...
Agri-Business
No exemption for farmers on water rates
Farmers cannot expect any exemptions on the recently announced water rates according to the Department of the Environment. Despite calls...
Agri-Business
Wholesale dairy prices drop as demand softens
According to DairyCo, EU and Oceania wholesale dairy prices across all products decreased in April as demand softened over the...
Agri-Business
US retail meat prices move into record territory
With the summer grilling season kicking off in the US meat lovers will have to pay a few more dollars...
Agri-Business
Reduced sales of livestock products for Zoetis in Europe
Sales of livestock products decreased 6% operationally for Zoetis in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according to the latest...
Agri-Business
Questions raised over compatibility of UK milk and Irish quality assurance schemes
The Deputy President of ICMSA has questioned the compatibility of milk imports and the Dairy Quality Assurance (DQA) scheme. Pat...
Agri-Business
Has spring finally arrived?
Although the weather forecast for the next few days isn’t that good, most farmers will agree that the spring of...
Agri-Business
Glenisk heads up agri-food finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year
Yogurt-maker Glenisk heads up the agri-food companies of the 24 finalists finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014...
Agri-Business
Extended opening hours to return Single Farm Payment applications
Farmers are being reminded that they have 10 days to return their Single Farm Payment application forms to the Department...
Agri-Business
'Dairy farmers need to play the long game with milk quota changes'
The removal of milk quotas provides significant opportunity, but only for those farmers that are well prepared. This is according...
