Agri-Business
ICSA highlights impact on agriculture of potential hike in diesel prices
Finance Minister Michael Noonan should immediately dispel any thoughts of increasing the duty on diesel fuel in the upcoming budget,...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Nestlé to invest €25m in its Limerick research centre
Nestlé is to invest over €25m to expand its Research and Development (R&D) Centre is Askeaton, in Co. Limerick. Nestlé’s...
Agri-Business
Dunbia looking to fill new roles on its Food Development Team
Dunbia is to invest close to £500,000 (€648,000) in hiring people for five new roles on its Food Development Team....
N.Ireland
Northern farmers face new compulsory purchase measures
Farmers in Northern Ireland are facing new regulations around compulsory purchase orders, which would bring them in line with England...
N.Ireland
‘The Stormont Executive can legislate for guaranteed prices’
The Stormont Executive has the authority to introduce legislation guaranteeing farmers commodity prices that reflect their costs of production in...
Agri-Business
Syngenta to be sold (and it's not to Monsanto)
ChemChina has made an offer of $43 billion to takeover Syngenta, the Swiss agribusiness that produces agrochemicals and seeds. The Chinese...
Agri-Business
Forest Enterprise Limited rebrands to create Veon
Forest Enterprises Limited (FEL) has announced that the company will re-brand as Veon Limited, forming the first full-service private forestry...
Agri-Business
Alltech acquires leading animal nutrition company
Alltech has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Masterfeeds, Inc., in a share purchase agreement with Ag Processing Inc (AGP)....
Agri-Business
Dow Chemical and DuPont to merge and form one company
Chemical companies Dow Chemical and DuPont have announced that they are to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats appoints new Sustainability Manager
David O’Flynn has been appointed Group Corporate Social Responsibility Manager with Dawn Meats. Prior to joining Dawn Meats, O’Flynn worked for...
Agri-Business
Dairygold makes two appointments to its Board of Directors
Dairygold Co-operative Society has made two appointments to its Board of Directors following elections today (December 21). Dairygold Board Vice...
Machinery
Claas sales revenues hit all-time high of €3.8 billion
Claas has increased its sales revenue to a new all-time high of €3.838 billion, up from the previous year’s €3.823...
Agri-Business
Dairygold appoints Aryzta Non-Executive Director to Board
Annette Flynn has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Board Director of Dairygold Co-op. Flynn is currently a Non-Executive Director of...
Agri-Business
Fonterra to sell its 50% stake in US joint venture
Fonterra is to sell its 50% interest in Dairiconcepts, the co-ops US joint venture with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)....
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
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
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
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...
