Agri-Business
Apple growers turn to heaters to save crops from late frost
The heavy frosts forecast for this week could wreak havoc in Ireland’s orchards, according to Co. Tipperary apple grower Cornelius...
Agri-Business
The heavy frosts forecast for this week could wreak havoc in Ireland’s orchards, according to Co. Tipperary apple grower Cornelius...
Agri-Business
AgriNet is hosting a grass meeting on Tuesday May 5 at 8pm in Corrin Mart Fermoy. Barry Lynch of AgriNet...
Agri-Business
Arla Foods Ingredients has announced that it has doubled its capacity for producing the protein alpha-lactalbumin in a bid to...
Agri-Business
Ireland’s banks have come in for criticism this week for imposing excessively high interest rates on farm businesses, according to...
Agri-Business
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised its expectations for the global beef and veal sector, forecasting exports to...
Agri-Business
McDonald’s have reported a 2.3% decrease in global sales in their first quarter results ending March 31. In Europe the...
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Alltech has announced plans to will acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of Ridley, one of the leading commercial animal...
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EU Member States are set to get more freedom to decide on the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in food...
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UK supermarkets are coming under scrutiny for their pricing strategies with a consumer rights organisation launching a ‘super complaint’. After...
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The number of farmers who claimed Farm Assist in March fell by over 10% compared to the same month last...
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China is proposing a ban on infant formula advertisements in the mass media and public venues, the country’s Xinhua news agency...
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Syngenta, the crop chemicals manufacturer, has seen fungicide sales growth in Europe in the first quarter of 2015, the company...
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Lely’s live robotic milking feature and feeding demonstration at the 2014 Livestock Event in the UK has won the ‘Best...
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Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has been awarded the ‘Green Food & Beverage Award’ at the 2015 Green Awards. The company recently completed...
Agri-Business
An increase of 11.6% in infant formula sales have boosted Danone’s first quarter sales for 2015, the company has announced. Infant...
Agri-Business
Despite two unsuccessful efforts to merge with Arrabawn and North Cork co-ops last year, Dairygold says it is still ambitious...
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Forest owners will receive their annual tax-free forestry payments for 2015 by April 17, Tom Hayes, Minister of State at the...
Agri-Business
Irish soya bean prices could drop by just over 6% between now and the beginning of the October, according to...