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Irish retail grocery trends this year
Colm McCarthy
If food prices can be manipulated upwards by retailers to boost profits, they must possess market power.
14 May 2023 News
JBS earnings slump in first quarter
First quarter proves difficult for JBS, the world's largest meat processor, with all divisions and regions struggling.
6 April 2023 Climate and environment
Department seeks research projects on parasitic worms
Current estimates show that parasitic worm infections cost the European livestock industry more than €1.8bn per year.
Keenan has no plans to move production to Turkey - for now
Outsourcing production and job losses at Keenan have been all the talk. To get to grips with the story, Peter Thomas Keaveney sat down with Alltech CEO Dr Mark Lyons and Keenan CEO Robbie Walker.
29 March 2023 News
Over 80% of dairy beef calf's diet already on the farm - Teagasc
Ensuring dairy beef calves perform to the highest possible level of profitability was the main focus of Teagasc's DairyBeef 500 spring conference on Wednesday 22 March.
23 March 2023 News
Nitrates rules and banding could cut dairy profits by 29%
Teagasc study warns that the combined measures could slash dairy returns by as much as €700/ha.
8 March 2023 News
Fertiliser profits soar on back of high prices
As farmers struggled with inflation, fertiliser supply chain profits soared. Anne Finnegan details phenomenal margin growth in the sector.
15 February 2023 News
Calf rearing series week one: putting a plan and budget in place
With the main calf trading season upon us, over the coming weeks Declan Marren will take a look at the main considerations for rearing farms prior to purchasing dairy beef calves.
15 February 2023 Management
Major wind turbine builder reports 369% drop in operating profit in 2022
Despite record demand for wind power, Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas reported a loss of almost €1.2bn.
13 February 2023 News
Dairy Beef 500: stocking rate still key driver of profitability
Dairy beef farmers operating at higher stocking rates are delivering the greatest new margin/hectare in the programme. Declan Marren writes.
8 February 2023 Grass & feeding
Over 700 farmers accepted for Revenue's energy support scheme
The scheme allows eligible farmers and businesses to get money back on their gas and electricity bills from the winter period.
4 February 2023 News
Are we burying our head in the sand on calf issues?
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s calf focus and asks why more progress isn’t being made on DNA calf registration.
25 January 2023 Management