Agri-Business
Sustainable farmgate prices – a priority
The View from Northern Ireland: The need for the food industry to deliver realistic farmer prices was one of the...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Farmers, processors in anti-ecotax protest
The View from France: Farmers and food processors in Brittany, France took to the streets this week in protest against...
Agri-Business
Alltech opens new European HQ in Dunboyne
This week marked the official opening of Alltech’s new €10m European headquarters. Located on the outskirts of Dunboyne in Co...
World News
Canada, EU close in on trade deal
The View from Europe: Canada and the EU are on the verge of concluding a free-trade deal that has been...
Other
Dale Farm secures multimillion export orders in Africa
Dale Farm, the commercial arm of leading Northern Ireland co-op United Dairy Farmers, has announced that it has secured African...
Agri-Business
Multimillion liquid gold investment for Carlow
Independent, family-owned Walsh Whiskey Distillery will make a significant €25m expansion programme for its award-winning, Irish whiskey brands – The...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland’s food industry can ‘kick with both feet’
The View from Northern Ireland: Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has confirmed that Northern Ireland’s food industry must be allowed...
Agri-Business
Quick, hot and tasty, key ingredients for Kepak success
Speaking at the Alltech Global 500 conference recently the head of Kepak’s meat division, Kevin Cahill, outlined its innovations and strategy...
Agri-Business
ABP makes its presence felt at world’s biggest food trade fair
ABP Food Group, one of Europe’s leading privately owned agri-business companies, has taken its biggest stand ever at the world’s...
Agri-Business
China’s infant formula market - a continuing growth story
China imported more than 90,000 tonnes of infant formula in 2012. As can be seen from the graph below, The...
Agri-Business
'Farmers are in the health business'
Associate Professor of Public Health at University College Dublin Patrick Wall told delegates attending today’s Global 500 event that dairy...
Agri-Business
Ireland was under quota by three per cent for 2012/2013
For the milk quota year 2012/2013 Ireland was three per cent under quota. This is according to the latest European...
Agri-Business
A ‘back to school’ boost for Dunnes
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending 15 September, show...
Agri-Business
Alltech’s Global 500 – just days away
Large numbers of dairy and beef farmers from all parts of Ireland are expected to attend Alltech’s Global 500 event,...
Agri-Business
No delays in live export applications, nine in, two approved - Minister
There are no delays in live exports approval applications, according to Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney TD who was speaking...
Agri-Business
Eircom launches 4G as part of €330m investment
Eircom Group has launched Ireland’s first 4G mobile service offering super-fast mobile data speeds that are up to 10 times...
Agri-Business
Origin revenues rise 5.8 per cent to €1.4bn
Agri-business Origin Enterprises said its revenues for the year to the end of July rose by 5.8 per cent to...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland pork exports to China under way
The View from Northern Ireland: Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill this afternoon met with key Government officials in China to discuss...
