Agri-Business
Latest figures show value of EU agri-food exports significantly down
After several months of outstanding export performance, the value of EU agri-food exports went down quite significantly in August 2015...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Glanbia to pay €200m for another US sports nutrition business
Glanbia plc has announced that it has agreed to acquire thinkThin, a US sports nutrition company for $217m (€202m). ThinkThin...
Agri-Business
'China to import 400,000t of forage to meet agricultural demand'
China will import more than 400,000 tonnes of forage from Mongolia next year to cope with the growing demand for...
Agri-Business
LacPatrick's £30m investment to double Tyrone plant capacity
LacPatrick co-op has announced that it is to invest £30m in its Artigarvan-based value-added dairy ingredients plant. The new facility...
Agri-Business
Love cheese? Seamus Sheridan's Guide to Cheese is a must
Counter Culture – The Sheridans Guide to Cheese is about more than cheese; it’s all about the cheesemakers and the...
Agri-Business
New report reveals that consumers are misled by packaging of meat products
Some meat products may not actually contain the ingredients that are listed on its labels, according to a recent report...
Agri-Business
Glanbia announces plans to expand its US cheese plant
Glanbia, together with its joint venture partners in Southwest Cheese, has announced that it is in advanced discussions for a...
Agri-Business
Glanbia's ingredients business reports 14% revenue decline
Glanbia’s Global Ingredients (GI) recorded a revenue decline in the first nine months of 2015 of 14.3%, according to the...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group sales up 3.2% year-on-year
Kerry Group’s sales in the first nine months of the year are up 3.2% compared to the corresponding period in...
Agri-Business
As world meat consumption grows, poultry will be the big winner
Figures from the FAO/OECD show that worldwide meat consumption is set to grow and the main increase will be for...
Agri-Business
Rabobank says China's demand for perishable foods will rise 17% by 2025
China’s appetite for fruit and vegetables, dairy and meat is expected to increase by 17% between 2015 and 2025, according...
Agri-Business
Glanbia to make its own plastic milk bottles for the first time
A new multi-million Glanbia Consumer Foods Ireland facility at Ballitore, Co. Kildare will manufacture its own high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic milk...
Agri-Business
'Chinese middle classes still want European and US food products'
The outlook for agricultural exports to China looks pretty positive, according to David Dollar from the Brookings Institute in the...
Agri-Business
Falling European tractor sales hit Massey and Fendt
AGCO, the manufacturers of Massey Ferguson, Valtra and Fendt have reported net sales of approximately $1.7bn (€1.55bn) for the third...
Agri-Business
How much processed meat should you (not) be eating?
A recent World Health Organisaton (WHO) report has classified red meat as probably carcinogenic and processed meat as carcinogenic to...
Agri-Business
Processed meat labelled 'probably cancer causing' by World Health Organisation
Red meat has been classified as probably carcinogenic to humans and processed meat has been classified as carcinogenic to humans in...
Agri-Business
McDonald's sales in third quarter jump 4%
McDonald’s global comparable sales for the third quarter of 2015 increased 4% on the corresponding quarter last year. A statement...
Agri-Business
Nextgen Biopesticides named agri-inventor of the year
Nextgen Biopesticides, a company which uses selective breeding approaches to develop effective and safe biopesticides for the control of crop...
