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EU milk producers consider mandatory supply cuts to address slump

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 27, 2016

Ireland remains steadfastly against production cuts as pressure mounts

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.

Ireland will resist EU pressure to cut milk output, says Minister

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 27, 2016

‘Finger-pointing at Ireland’ unjustified, says Michael Creed ahead of EU meeting

Government needs plan to safeguard €5bn UK food trade

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 24, 2016

Farming lobby groups call on Government to set out clear strategy to cope with fallout

Ferrero Ireland has a factory in Cork where more than half of the Tic Tacs sold globally are produced

Nutella maker’s Irish unit sees profits, turnover rise

Charlie Taylor
June 22, 2016

Ferrero Ireland recorded a 34% jump in pretax profits in the 12 months to August

With unemployment running at 5 per cent, the lowest since 2005, businesses say they could face staff shortages if the UK votes to leave the EU in next week’s referendum and ends the free movement of labor.

Who will make the coffee in a Britain after Brexit?

June 21, 2016

UK employs 2.2m workers from elsewhere in the EU, including strawberry pickers, truck drivers, construction workers, hotel cleaners and sandwich makers

Survery found that 27 per cent of agri-food firms are planning to take on more employees in the coming year

Agri-food firms report growth and more staff being hired

Charlie Taylor
June 21, 2016

Survey finds over half of companies in Ireland’s agri-food sector are exporting overseas

Johnny Cloherty harvesting seaweed near Carna, Co Galway. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

Sea change in the west: deal divides seaweed harvesters

Lorna Siggins
June 18, 2016

The decision to sell a local firm to a Canadian company has shocked some in the industry

Publicans the winner as sports fans drink to Ireland’s success

June 18, 2016

Under Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger’s stewardship the company is thriving, with annual sales of its flagship Brut NV close to a record six million bottles. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images

‘I will have no mistress anymore. My wife will be happy’

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 17, 2016

Taittinger CEO Pierre-Emmanuel on giving up his mistress in retirement and not listening to your kids

Jim Wright: “I left school in 1987 at 16 with a clear view to becoming self-employed in a farming environment.”

Entrepreneur of the Year finalist: Jim Wright of JMW Farms Ltd, JMW Farms IRL Ltd, Crockway Farms Ltd

June 17, 2016

Pig producer running firm with revenue of £40m

FoodCloud founders Iseult Ward and Aiobheann O’Brien

FoodCloud wins chance to pitch business to Richard Branson

Charlie Taylor
June 16, 2016

Irish start-up one of six companies selected across Ireland and UK for Voom 2016 final

The survey of 15 major European processors, compiled by the Dutch Dairy Board, found Glanbia and Dairygold, which together process about half the State’s milk output, paid the lowest prices in April.

Irish milk prices among lowest in Europe

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 16, 2016

Glanbia and Dairygold paying farmers below European norms, survey finds

Commercial Mushroom Producers (CMP) claims the department has limited the amount of aid available to it via expenditure caps

Mushroom growers sue Minister over ‘misapplication’ of EU fund

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 13, 2016

State’s largest producer body initiates legal action, claiming it has lost €12m in funding

Tara McCarthy , chief executive of Bord Iascaigh Mhara: “The Irish seafood sector is comprised of some of the most interesting, innovative and driven people in business life. BIM are delighted to create an occasion to celebrate, highlight and promote the excellent people and enterprises working in this sector.”

Bord Iascaigh Mhara launches inaugural seafood sector awards

Aine McMahon
June 13, 2016

The BIM Awards seek to find the finest fishermen, fish farmers and retailers in Ireland’s seafood sector

Arthur Lenormand (left), marketing director of House of Beer (France), and Daniel Emerson of Finnbarra Cider/Nohoval Drinks Company at the announcement of a five-year contract to supply Finnbarra Dry Irish Craft Cider to the French market.

Cork cider group secures five-year supply contract for France

Joe Brennan
June 13, 2016

Finnbarra – Stonewell Cider in Ireland – to be sold in on- and off-trade French outlets

Lavazza says it has measures in place to manage exchange rate fluctuations in all its markets. Earlier this week, the British currency fell to a three-week low against the euro after polls put the Leave camp in the lead

Lavazza’s Irish coffee trade impacted by volatility in sterling

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 11, 2016

Italian company sells its produce into the Republic through a distributor in the UK

DIG had claimed it was excluded from the affairs of the company following acts of oppression by the majority shareholders and sought orders under company legislation directing ELST to buy out its minority 30 per cent shareholding

Court to reconsider price for DIG share in mushroom firm

June 9, 2016

ELST was ordered to buy out shareholding of Donegal Investment Group for €26 million

Farmers say glyphosate, the basis for Monsanto’s topselling weedkiller Roundup, is vital for robust yields of crops. But EU governments including France and Germany will not approve new permits, responding to concerns that the weedkiller could cause cancer.

EU risks legal battle with Monsanto over weedkiller licence

June 7, 2016

Decision not to extend permits for glyphosate is fuelled by cancer concerns

Henry Corbally, chairman, and Siobhán Talbot, managing director of Glanbia: the Glanbia Advance Payment (Gap) scheme was described by the company as a “dynamic volatility measure”. Photograph: Robbie Reynolds

Glanbia to offer interest-free cashflow support to farmers

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
June 3, 2016

Scheme worth €55m aimed at cushioning farmers from slump in commodity prices

Photograph: iStock Photos

Glanbia Co-op to raise €100m through five-year bond

Ciara O'Brien
June 2, 2016

Fund will support grain, milk suppliers when prices fall below certain level

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