The Department of Agriculture must now release details of herds over 500 cattle. It could open up big questions over the impact of large farms on water as the EU eyes up closing the door on Ireland's nitrates derogation.
As he launches his first climate book, writer and businessman John Gibbons charts his journey from childhood on the farm to national voice on climate breakdown, and a thorn in the side of the agricultural lobby.
IMAGE PwC Family Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025 winner Ursula Kelly on taking on the Department of Agriculture, faking it till you make it, and navigating family succession planning.
The businessman who died on Saturday did not “invent” the Kerrygold brand alone but he did something much more important: He proved that exporting Irish dairy could be profitable.
As the world entered a destructive pandemic, the Irish dairy multinational had a bigger challenge on its hands: the sports and health nutrition brands at the core of its success story were running out of steam. A shock treatment delivered during lockdowns appears to have worked.
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.
The Currency was first to report on the overvaluation of the north-western agribusiness’s sports nutrition subsidiary My Goodness, and annual accounts have now confirmed an asset write-down. But there is much more to the co-op – and other options to sustain it into the future.
Butter prices are down, farmers are getting less for their milk and cheese stocks are going into cold stores. But unlike other sectors, Ireland’s dairy industry is working as one and its businesses entered the crisis with strong balance sheets.
Contemptuous of cheddar, but jealous of Irish rain: a new study by Bord Bia’s French counterpart assesses the performance of Ireland among the world’s top dairy exporters and holds some lessons for the industry here.
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