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Northern Ireland
ABP Linden seeks to avoid redundancies
Noel Bardon
The beef processor has said that the receiving and slaughter of cattle will be unaffected by the operations changes considered for its Dungannon.
29 January 2025 News
As much as €275/head difference between top and bottom paying factory in 2024
Each year the Irish Farmers Journal analyses the combined performance of the three largest factory groups across each category.
15 January 2025 News
Scandals that rocked farming: 2009 emergency budget, horsemeat and fodder crisis
In the second week of our short series, we remember the swinging emergency budget of 2009, the horsemeat scandal, fodder crisis and the IFA's executive pay drama that gripped the nation
Thurles student wins sustainable farming award at BT Young Scientist
Luke Blackwell won the award for his project ‘A novel approach to regenerative agriculture through the use of Comfrey as a sustainable soil enhancer’.
14 January 2025 Climate and environment
ABP Clones to reduce carbon emissions by 80%
The project forms part of ABP’s overall sustainability strategy and is part of an extensive decarbonisation plan that aims to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 42% from 2021 to 2030 in all ABP sites.
4 December 2024 News
ABP takes medals at steak Olympics
The meat processor's Polish arm took home the title of ‘Europe’s best steak’.
13 November 2024 Dealer
Dairy calf-to-beef potential - culling the drop-out rate
Irish beef factories face reducing supply of suckler bred calves while male dairy remain a challenge but could be a possible solution
20 October 2024 News
Sysco and ABP launch regenerative farming project
Sysco, an Irish food service specialist, has been in a partnership with Irish beef processor ABP for the last 30 years.
17 October 2024 News
Hefty fees to hear about dairy beef in Teagasc
The Dealer notices a big charge for this week’s dairy beef conference in Wexford.
16 October 2024 Dealer
ABP plants increase kill charges on prime cattle
ABP is the first processor to apply higher charges on post-slaughter inspections in Northern Ireland.
9 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Major dairy calf-to-beef conference set for Wexford this October
The conference is set to hear the latest on calf health, dairy-beef nutrition strategies and supply chain integration in the dairy-beef sector.
27 September 2024 News
Beef Trends: Irish-UK price differential moves to over €1/kg
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest on factory quotes.
25 September 2024 Markets