Full coverage: Agribusiness

A destructive fire plunged the Belfast-based agri-tech group into the red in 2020 and triggered a board reshuffle, but growth was slowing before that. To turn R&D into profit, its CEO Richard Kennedy says the group now wants to bring in new shareholders.

Is a French retail revolution brewing? A consumer-led brand of staple foods has been taking over the aisles in the country and in nine other markets, offering lessons for Ireland’s agri-food industry.

As the food technology group recovers from Covid-19, its chief executive Edmond Scanlon answered a series of questions on the way it picks, conducts and reports acquisitions. The future of its dairy and consumer foods businesses is far less clear.

The historic Kerry Co-op is in advanced talks with the wider food group to regain control of its domestic agribusiness. The deal is a high-stakes bet for the farmers, and part of a final focus on high-tech ingredients for Kerry Group.

From new market entrants to the multiple challenges of online sales and higher expectations in the year of Covid-19, the Christmas tree market is not exempt from change… Or is it?

Larry Goodman’s decision to appoint a prominent London dealmaker to his family holdings one year ago, and the departure of his son Mark from ABP's senior executive team last month, book-end a period of dramatic change. What is next for the beef processing giant?

McDonald's is the latest food business to announce a plant-based alternative for next year. We don’t know yet if shifts in consumer demand away from meat and dairy are a temporary fad or deep-seated trends. Either way, a public stake in this emerging industry would help manage what the future holds for Irish farmers.

Thousands of farmers in the co-op at the origin of Kerry Group were targeted by the tax authority over the status of so-called patronage shares. A new landmark case has revealed how the probe came unstuck.

Dairy food manufacturer Glenisk is expanding to double production. From a site with no electricity, Vincent Cleary has grown the family business to the forefront of Ireland’s organic industry – despite the disdain he says he has faced from official Ireland.

The Belfast-based livestock nutrition company is investing massively in its new global research and development centre in Co Meath, where it hopes to produce carbon-neutral beef and dairy by 2025. But the lenders behind a €118m refinancing package are keeping a close watch as its existing business faces the challenges of Brexit and Covid-19. To provide guarantees, Owen Brennan’s group has been reorganising.