Agri-Business
Glanbia Ingredients wins environmental award
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland has been awarded the ‘Green Food & Beverage Award’ at the 2015 Green Awards. The company recently completed...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Kerry Group to partner Dutch company for infant formula business
Kerry Group and IOI Loders Croklaan are to form a joint venture company to develop and market the infant nutrition...
Agri-Business
Aryzta to acquire share of Picard worth over €400m
Aryzta is to acquire a 49% share in the French food business Picard worth €446.6m, it has announced. Aryzta, who...
Agri-Business
Food companies Kraft and Heinz to merge
Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz Company are to merge and form The Kraft Heinz Company, forming the third largest food...
Opinion
Reflections on a challenging year for farmers
Despite the excellent weather and growing conditions most farmers will be asking themselves the question: where did it all go...
Agri-Business
Ulster Bank staff awarded ag' finance certificates
Twenty eight Ulster Bank business banking staff were the first in Ireland to receive a Certificate in Agricultural Finance, awarded...
Agri-Business
Win an ipad with Glanbia
Glanbia Agribusiness is giving you the chance to win a mini ipad. All you need to do is register with...
Agri-Business
€10.5m paid out under TB Eradication scheme in 2013
In 2013, the Department of Agriculture paid €10.5m to 3,376 herdowners under TB Eradication scheme. The Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
EU becomes world largest agri-food exporter
With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world’s number one exporter of agricultural and food...
Agri-Business
Carr Group acquires Elders New Zealand
The Carr Group in New Zealand has announced that is has acquired Elders New Zealand for an undisclosed sum. Carr...
Agri-Business
Galway farmer elected new Chairman of Arrabawn
Dairy farmer, Sean Monahan, from Athenry, Galway, was elected the new Chairman of Arrabawn Co-op at a meeting of the...
Agri-Business
Global milk markets continued to slide in May
According to DairyCo, global wholesale milk markets moved down further in May as milk production in the Northern Hemisphere reached...
Agri-Business
Nutricia sees profits fall by 97% in wake of Fonterra contamination scare
Nutricia, the New Zealand specialist infant-formula company, saw its profits drop by 97% last year. The figures come after the...
Agri-Business
EU skim milk powder production highest since 1991
EU production of Skim Milk Powder reached its highest level since 1991 in Q1 of 2014 according to DairyCo. It...
Agri-Business
'Planning strikes fear in farmers'
Financial planning should not just be used to get a loan or get someone out of difficulty. It should be...
Agri-Business
Minister to oppose the reintroduction of milk quotas
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture today that he...
Agri-Business
Slurry gas is lethal – just one breath can kill
In the wake of recent farm tragedies numerous organisations involved in Irish agriculture have appealed to farmers to take all...
Agri-Business
Record number of farmers complete Single Farm Payment application online
The number of farmers completing their Single Farm Payments online reached a record high this year according to the Minister...
