Rabobank anticipates China’s consumer buying patterns to normalise in the second half of 2020.

The focus was on the Ornua resolution to terminate use of chlorine-based detergents in the dairy industry by the end of 2020, at the recent Teagasc Milk Quality Workshops in Cork and Cavan.

I was always entrepreneurial. When I was 10 I started my own golf ball business.

“We have not seen any fall-off in recruitment in these sectors”

Plans by Glanbia for a €140m cheese manufacturing facility in Kilkenny have to be put on hold following objections against the development by two leading environmental groups.

There were her two expeditions to Everest which called on ambition and a willingness to motivate herself and others on the 7,000 metres and 6,500 metres climbs.

Michael Creed From taste trails to Michelin Star restaurants, Cork ticks all the boxes, writes Minister Michael Creed

The Government is set to announce a €100m investment in five third-level education building projects today — with UCC set to get a significant share for its new business school in the heart of Cork City.

Efforts by Ireland and other EU countries to find new dairy product export destinations are threatened by the Indonesian government’s proposal to increase import tariffs.

A two-tier milk price system is now at play, the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association claimed today.

Residents in the east Cork townland of East Ferry, near Midleton have expressed concerns that Dairygold built 14 km of pipeline to carry treated effluent from a cheese processing plant to their local harbour prior to obtaining an EPA licence to discharge it.

Students can look forward to a healthy jobs market for the foreseeable future according to Ken Murphy of CareerWise Recruitment who says the market for graduates and others with qualifications has rarely been as healthy with many sectors at near full employment.

Robert McNamara joins the Irish agri-food trade mission to Japan and finds Irish beef is cooking up a storm in Tokyo, where discerning customers are insisting on high-quality food and knowledge about its provenance.

HAVING a major employer, with 2,500 jobs, over the boundary fence is expected to underpin developer/builder confidence in pursuit of 12.5 acres in two fields, fresh to market, at Grange Cross, Ovens, west of Cork City and Ballincollig.

Dairygold Co-op has offered farmers who buy 25 tonnes of alfalfa a €1,000 voucher for ruminant compound feed.

University College Cork (UCC) has today signed contracts for the acquisition of Dairygold’s property in South Terrace for €17.25 million.

Dairygold’s capital investments have fuelled its expansion in milk processing to 1.34bn litres in 2018, up 500m litres since 2009, with plans to exceed 1.65bn litres by 2023.

Dairygold's revenues are an all-time high of almost €1 billion. The company's directors talk to Joe Dermody

Cork GAA has been in the national news over the past few months, the majority of the headlines reflecting negatively on the county.

Dairygold has launched two annual bursaries for students undertaking the new BAgrSc at University College Cork when it starts in September.

Farmers’ loyalty to their local co-ops is being severely tested by the widening gap between the best and worst prices offered for milk supplies, said ICMSA dairy chairman Ger Quain.

The cost of redeveloping Páirc Uí Chaoimh will not be known for a number of months, stadium board member Michael O’Flynn has confirmed.

University College Cork is to open a 4,000-student strong Business School in Cork city centre in what is another huge boost for the region.

As the next sale of EU skim milk powder (SMP) out of public intervention kicks off today, dairy farmers will hope a week of good dairy industry news continues to relieve their worries over Brexit, international trade and tariff disputes, and global economic trends.

Ornua is celebrating success after winning 14 awards (3 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze for cheese and 1 bronze award for salted butter) at the Global Cheese Awards in Frome, Somerset.

Glanbia and Dairygold’s green barley and wheat price is €205, about 40% higher than the 2017 prices.

European milk prices have turned the corner, with the first monthly increase since last November seen for June milk, in the monitoring by the Dutch LTO farmer organisation of prices paid to farmers by 17 milk processors.

The prospect of the UK not reaching a deal on its departure from the EU has risen in recent weeks, amid tight votes at Westminster and Brussels, expressing opposition to UK prime minister, Theresa May’s latest proposals on customs.

Killeen Farmhouse, Co Galway, was the big Irish winner at the 2018 British Cheese Awards which took place at the Royal Bath and West Show in Somerset, England.

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We need a smaller beef herd and an emphasis in dairy on premium products like cheese and ice-cream, writes Victoria White

Eight companies have been placed on a watchlist by the environmental watchdog and could ultimately lose their licence if they continue to damage the environment.

January milk price cuts have been announced by some major continental processors.

The launch of Ireland’s best-known food brand in the world’s 11th largest economy boosted last week’s Irish trade mission to South Korea and Japan, led by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and Bord Bia Chief Executive Tara McCarthy.

Dairygold Co-op was praised by farmers this week for its grain prices announcement, writes Stephen Cadogan.

Dairygold is investing €11.5m enhancing 13 of its 39 stores, boosting Agri Direct, Agri E-Commerce site and other online services.

European Commissioner Phil Hogan firmly warned the Irish agriculture industry to further diversify in the wake of Brexit.