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...

October 24, 2015 7:10am

Agri-Business

Fonterra's credit rating downgraded... again

Fonterra’s credit rating has been downgraded for the second time in two weeks, this time by Fitch Ratings to A...

October 24, 2015 7:00am

Agri-Business

Director of Slaney Foods appointed to LMC

Gerry Maguire, Director of Slaney Foods, has been appointed to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) by the North’s Minister...

October 22, 2015 4:00pm

Agri-Business

‘TTIP needs to tackle red tape and non-tariff trade barriers’

Red tape and non-tariff barriers to trade need to be tackled in the current Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks,...

October 22, 2015 12:31pm

Agri-Business

Syngenta CEO to step down

The CEO of Syngenta, Mike Mack has informed the Board of the company of his intention to step down as...

October 21, 2015 10:27am

Agri-Business

Infant formula continues to drive Danone's sales

Infant formula sales at Danone were up 10.6% year-on-year, driving overall sales up 4.6% in the third quarter of 2015....

October 20, 2015 7:10am

Agri-Business

'Further appreciation of the euro could affect EU competitiveness'

After a drop to 1.05 USD/EUR in March 2015, the euro started slowly appreciating again against the US dollar to...

October 16, 2015 3:00pm

Agri-Business

Kerry Group expands with new US acquisitions

Kerry Group has announced the acquisitions of US-based Red Arrow Products, Island Oasis and Biothera Inc’s Wellmune business for US$735m...

October 15, 2015 2:26pm

Agri-Business

Kildare-based lab to offer 24-hour testing for Salmonella and Listeria

Kildare-based Advanced Laboratory Testing Ltd. (ALT) has secured new accreditations to offer rapid 24-hour testing for Salmonella, Listeria and STEC using the...

October 13, 2015 8:00am

Agri-Business

New FBD boss to focus on 'return to profitability'

Fiona Muldoon has been appointed as the FBD Group Chief Executive with immediate effect. It is also intended that she...

October 10, 2015 10:00am

Agri-Business

Organic farmers call for a relaxation of the annual certification process

The current annual organic certification process is not necessary and should be changed, according to Padraic Finnegan, Chairman of the Organic...

October 9, 2015 7:20am

Agri-Business

Kerrygold butter to be hit by new 33% US tariff

The US has this week increased the tariff on imported butter to the tune of an extra $.51c/kg. The move increases...

October 9, 2015 7:00am

Agri-Business

Tesco sees half-year earnings drop 70%, sales down 1.3%

Half-year earnings for Tesco UK and Ireland have dropped 70% compared to the same time last year. Overall Group operating...

October 7, 2015 1:15pm

Agri-Business

Farmflo selected to join Microsoft mentoring programme

Farmflo, the Irish farm management software start-up, has been selected to join Microsoft’s Accelerator Programme. The Accelerator Programme is a global initiative...

October 6, 2015 10:00am