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Agribusiness
Brazil sets pace for global beef exports in 2024
Phelim O'Neill
Australia set beef and sheepmeat records last year, but Brazil remains the dominant global beef exporter.
15 January 2025 News
Farmers say red tape is the biggest challenge
IFAC’s 2025 Irish Farm report finds that farmers are overall more positive about the future than they were in 2024, but regulations are an issue for 60% of those surveyed. Phelim O’Neill reports
15 January 2025 Markets
Dairy Trends: pattern emerging for 2025 markets
Strong butter and cheese markets in first weeks of 2025 though powder trade remains sluggish
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Britain, Uruguay, USA and United Arab Emirates.
15 January 2025 World
TWENTY20 vision for Irish dairy calves
Mick O'Dowd, Head of Agriculture in Kepak speaks to the Farmers Journal about an initiative targeted at dairy bred calves
15 January 2025 News
Evolving Irish food and drink exports
Era of volume expansion appears to be over, but value still being added to Irish food and drink exports.
12 January 2025 News
China’s beef import policy matters to Ireland
With Irish beef exports to China suspended, it may seem that China's beef import policy doesn't matter much to Irish farmers, but that isn't the case.
10 January 2025 News
Dairy Trends: mixed Global Dairy Trade result
The first GDT auction of 2025 sends mixed signals from the southern hemisphere on direction of travel for dairy markets.
8 January 2025 Markets
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Chile, United States, United Kingdom and Ukraine.
8 January 2025 World
Rising prices lift Irish food and drink exports to €17bn for 2024
The value of Irish food and drink exports pass €17bn for the first time, driven by increased value for drinks, prepared consumer foods, beef, and pig meat export values.
8 January 2025 News
New year is time to look forward and back
Festive season coming to a close with just New Year's Eve celebrations still to come and it is time to plan for 2025.
30 December 2024 News
Changing of the guard in Brussels
2024 was a year of global political change, including in the EU, which matters almost as much for Irish farmers as the Irish election.
28 December 2024 News