Agriculture
![Bord Bia Launches First Consumer Promotion of Beef in the US](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BordBiaIrishBeefMarch2020-505x306_c.jpg)
![Keelings Acquires Pineapple Farm in Costa Rica](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KeelingsPineapple-505x306_c.jpg)
![Manor Farm Wins IFSA Best Sustainable Food Product Award 2020](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ManorFarmFebruary2020-505x306_c.jpg)
![European Commission Approves €200 Million Investment Scheme For Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products in Ireland](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IrishFlag-505x306_c.jpg)
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Irish scheme to support long-term capital investments in the primary food processing sector. The investment scheme, which will have
![New €10 Million Investment in Moorepark Technology](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TeagascMooreparkDecember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
![DIVA: The Second Call For SME Funding is Now OPEN!](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DIVADecember2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
![Bord Bia’s Food and Drink Awards Celebrate the Passion and Drive of Irish Producers](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/KeelingsNovember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
![Biotech Company Auranta Scoops a 2019 Irish Times Innovation Award](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/AurantaNovember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
![Kepak Becomes First European Meat Processor to Access $122 Billion US Burger Market](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/KepakOctober2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Kepak Group, a family owned Irish company and one of Europe’s leading food innovators, has become the first ever European meat processor to be awarded United States Department of Agriculture
![Aurivo Invests to Create Most Sustainable Liquid Milk Facility at its Killygordon Site](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/AurivoMilkSeptember2019Cropped-505x306_c.jpg)
Aurivo, which is one of Ireland’s leading dairy and agribusinesses, has completed a significant investment in its milk processing facility at Killygordon in County Donegal. The €6 million investment, which
![Ifac Launches Food & AgriBusiness Report 2019](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IFACLaunchSeptember2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Ifac, which provides specialist advisory services for the Irish farming, food and agri-business sectors, has launched its 2019 Food & AgriBusiness Report. Overall, the findings point to a less than positive outlook
Teagasc has published its annual series of farm enterprise factsheets, which outline the output, costs and profit margins for a range of farm systems in Ireland, as well as metrics
![Aurivo Opens New Dryer as Part of €48 Million Investment Programme](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AurivoAaronForde2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Aurivo, which is one of Ireland’s leading co-operatives, with businesses in Consumer Foods, Dairy Ingredients, Retail Stores, Animal Feeds, and Livestock Trading, has opened a new dryer at its site
![Dawn Meats Reports Significant Progress Towards 2025 Sustainability Goals](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DawnMeatsJuly2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Dawn Meats, one of Europe’s leading meat processors, has cut its CO2 emissions by 33% just four years into a ten-year strategy to reduce the company’s environmental impact. Publishing its
![Food & Drink Start-ups Encouraged to Enter Food Works Accelerator Programme Supports Valued at Over €50,000](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FoodWorks2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Food Works, an initiative of Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc, is calling on food and drink entrepreneurs throughout the country to apply for its 2020 programme. The supports offered
![Potato Partnership Powers Success](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TeagascPotatoJuly2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Teagasc and IPM Potato Group (IPM) have been collaborating since the early 1970s when they first formed a partnership to breed new varieties of potatoes for the Irish and global
![Dale Farm Delivers Double-digit Profit Growth and a Leading Milk Price](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DaleFarmNickWhelan2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Northern Ireland-based Dale Farm, the largest UK farmer-owned dairy co-operative, has announced significant increases in profit, return on capital employed (ROCE) and turnover as part of its financial results for
![Cork Agtech Company Partners With Inmarsat to Save Bees and Increase Global Crop Production](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bees-505x306_c.jpg)
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications has announced a new partnership with ApisProtect, an Irish agritech innovator, which deploys the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor the
![Teagasc Joint 5th Among Research Organisations in Europe](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TeagascResearch-505x306_c.jpg)
Teagasc secured €6.3 million funding for research from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme in 2018. In comparison with all other research organisations and universities across Europe, Teagasc was joint
![Beotanics Builds New €1 Million R&D Centre](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BeotanicsApril2019-505x306_c.jpg)
Crop producer Beotanics is investing €1 million in a new research and development centre at its offices in Stoneyford, County Kilkenny. The firm has a focus on niche crops such as sweet
![Dairygold Delivers a Satisfactory Financial Performance](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DairygoldResultsApril2019Resized-505x306_c.jpg)
Dairygold, the dairy co-operative, has announced that its annual turnover rose by €27.4 million to a record €992.9 million in its 2018 financial year. However, the extreme weather conditions experienced
![Ornua Delivers Strong 2018 Performance With Operating Profit Up 14.8%](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/OrnuaKerrygoldParkCompressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of dairy products, delivered a strong trading performance in 2018. Group turnover reached €2.082 billion with group EBITDA of €60.5 million, up 12.5%, and operating profit
![Lakeland Dairies Reports Record Revenues and Profitability](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/LakelandDairesBailieboroExpansion2017-505x306_c.jpg)
Lakeland Dairies, the major Irish cross border dairy processing co-operative, has turned in an excellent business performance in 2018 with
The Government has launched the Future Growth Loan Scheme to allow for the roll out of €300 million in funding to
![Hexafly Secures Another €1.1 Million in Funding](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HexaflyFebruary2019-505x306_c.jpg)
HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, and an initiative of Enterprise
Despite a year of unprecedented global volatility, involving political uncertainty, extreme weather events and continuing currency fluctuations impacting competitiveness, the
![Grass-fed Beef – Opportunities For Healthier Diets](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TeagascDecember2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Ireland’s climate means that the country is good at growing grass. It is well known that producing beef from grass
![ApisProtect Receives €1.5 Million Investment Boost](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ApisProtectFionaEdwardsMurphy-505x306_c.jpg)
ApisProtect, an Irish agtech innovator using the Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor honey bee colonies, has announced the close
‘Making Dairy Farming More Sustainable’ is the theme of this year’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference which is taking place at
![Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies to Merge](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/LakelandDairiesLacPatrick-505x306_c.jpg)
Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have agreed to merge. The amalgamation of Lakeland and LacPatrick is a coming together of
![€48 Million Investment Programme at Aurivo](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AurivoFordDuffyTierneyResized-505x306_c.jpg)
As a key component of its Engage 2022 strategic growth plan, Aurivo, the agri business headquartered in the north-west of
![Landmark Deal Secures €118 Million of Investment For Agri Tech Company Devenish Nutrition](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DevenishAugust2018Compressed-505x306_c.jpg)
Belfast-based agri technology company Devenish Nutrition has secured €118 million in long-term funding to enable its research, development and growth
![Long Winter and Summer Drought to Impact Farm Incomes in 2018](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ECAgricultureSeeds-505x306_c.jpg)
A new report, produced by Teagasc economists, highlights the likely impact on the bottom line for Irish farming resulting from
![Enterprise Ireland Launches €500,000 Competitive Start Fund For Entrepreneurs in Marine Technology and Agritech Sectors](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/EnterpriseIrelandMarineJuly2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Enterprise Ireland has announced a new Competitive Start Fund (CSF) totalling up to €500,000 to support start-ups in the marine
![Bord Bia’s 2018 Brexit Barometer Results](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BordBiaBrexitReportJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD has launched the Bord Bia 2018 Brexit Barometer, a comprehensive survey
![More Milk Needed to Cover Demand in 2030 – New Technologies Will Help](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/TeagascJune2018-505x306_c.jpg)
Between now and 2030 worldwide demand growth for milk and milk products will be three times the level of current
![Ornua Delivers Record Revenue](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/OrnuaKevinLane-505x306_c.jpg)
Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products which supplies to over 110 countries worldwide, has reported record revenue of
![Another Record Year For Irish Food and Drink Exports](http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BordBiaTaraMcCarthy2018-505x306_c.png)
The value of Irish food, drink and horticulture exports increased by 13% in 2017, to reach €12.6 billion for the
Companies across Ireland are expected to benefit from cheaper financing following a new €200 million initiative agreed by the European
Making Europe’s production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but it will require a major shift in
The Government has announced funding for the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) FutureMilk Centre, bringing to 17 the total number of
A new Teagasc study has highlighted that half of all Small Farms are in an economically vulnerable position. According to
Dairygold’s €86 million Nutritionals Campus in Mallow was officially opened on Friday 22nd at an event attended by An Tánaiste and
Tractor Safe Lock, a device that automatically engages the handbrake in a tractor when the operator leaves the seat, has
From a solar powered water pumping system to a water treatment machine that reduces the need for antibiotics in poultry
Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection led an Enterprise Ireland
Thousands of people attended the recently-held Energy In Agriculture 2017 event, which took place at Gurteen Agricultural College in County