World News
'The US beef herd is undergoing aggressive expansion'
The US beef herd is undergoing aggressive expansion and this has finally resulted in the halt in the decline of...
US
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
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...
World News
Friday feeling: This calf thinks it's a dog...
A Holstein calf in the US believes that he is a dog and can even be found sitting comfortably on...
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
'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...
World News
A US dairy farm has turned dung into electricity for 1,000 homes
A dairy farm in the US is turning cow dung from its 3,400 cows into enough electricity to power 1,000...
Beef
Global beef production to increase by 1% in 2016
Global beef production levels in 2016 are to rise by 1% on 2015, the latest forecast from the US Department...
Dairy
US September milk production up 0.4% year-on-year
Milk production in the US continues to remain ahead of 2014 levels with September production up 0.4% on the same...
World News
US and 11 other countries reach new international trade agreement
The US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and eight other countries that border the Pacific Ocean have reached a new trade...
World News
Donald Trump on track to lose US farmer vote over immigration reform
Donald Trump looks set to alienate the farmer vote in the upcoming US presidential election with his stance on immigration...
Beef
US beef price predicted to fall with bleak outlook for 2016
Early indications from Steiner Consulting Group in the US indicate that US beef price could fall in the coming months....
Beef
Strong international demand driving Australian beef industry
Strong international demand is one of the many factors driving the Australian beef industry, according to Rabobank. It says that...
Beef
Horsemeat detected in two beef products in the US
Horsemeat has been detected in two samples of ground meat in the US by researchers at Chapman University. The research,...
Arable
Video: Stunning footage of a US wheat harvest you need to see
Harvesting is in full swing at the moment, including in the US where the LaRosh family is harvesting wheat. The...
Opinion
US market offers an outlet for UK carcass trimmings
The export target for Irish beef in the US should be carcass trimmings which would be used to manufacture burgers....
Beef
Australian shipments drive up beef imports in Japan
Shipments from Australia have driven Japanese beef imports up in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015, AHDB, the organisation for...
Dairy
US June milk production up 0.7% year-on-year
Milk production in the US in June is up 0.7% to 16.4 billion pounds (7.2m litres) year-on-year however it is down...
