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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
