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Agribusiness
Strong beef demand from China
Phelim O'Neill
China's beef imports in the first quarter increased, even though the USDA forecast overall decline in 2024.
7 April 2024 News
Punch takes aim at 'detached' Commission
The Clare candidate for Europe said EU officials had “become detached from the reality of life for ordinary people”.
3 April 2024 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Indonesia, Brazil, United States and New Zealand.
Looking to the past for solutions to the climate challenge facing farmers
It is fascinating to observe how scientists are looking both to the past and to the future to answer how farmers are going to feed the world, writes Joe Healy, a director of Self Help Africa.
3 April 2024 News
World's largest meat processor made a loss in 2023
JBS move from huge profits in 2022 to losses in 2023, driven by perfect storm of high US cattle prices and weaker export markets.
31 March 2024 News
Irish beef worth almost €600,000 exported to China
Some 165t of Irish beef was exported at a price of €3,616/t in January.
30 March 2024 News
Fonterra increases milk prices as profits jump 23%
Jump in Fonterra profits for the first half of their finacial year and a positive outlook for the second half.
27 March 2024 News
Brazil’s beef export price lowest in three years
Value per tonne of Brazils beef exports in January 2024 fall to lowest level in three years.
20 March 2024 News
Jump in Brazil’s beef export capacity to China
Huge increase in Brazil's beef export capability to China increased by 50% with 24 more factories approved.
15 March 2024 News
Success and failure in USA for Irish beef and dairy
Irish beef and dairy have the opposite export experience to the US.
10 March 2024 News
Increase in output forecast from Brazil and Australia
Updated forecasts from USDA on Brazil and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) show more beef, sheep and pigmeat will be available for trade in 2024.
8 March 2024 News
Analysis: beef and sheep farmers lose in EU trade deals
Trade deals benefit the wider economy and some sectors of agriculture but beef and sheep producers lose out.
28 February 2024 News