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Ornua raises December PPI after strong market returns
James Hanly
This is the fifth consecutive increase in Ornua’s PPI since July with the index jumping 27% over the course of 2024.
8 January 2025 News
Ornua announces proposed closure of UK cheese facility
Closure of plant in Ledbury, Herefordshire, will affect approximately 115 jobs.
21 December 2024 News
Irish tillage needs its own Ornua-style organisation
Irish tillage farmers need a new organisation selling their goods or at least looking at ways to incorporate Irish tillage credentials into meat and dairy products.
Getting rid of Bovaer is not an option – Ornua
Dairy Industry Ireland director Conor Mulvihill said that need to 'weed out' any false news around farm technology and food safety.
18 December 2024 News
Kerrygold stockpiled in US to tackle potential Trump tariff
This comes following president-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to impose import tariffs on EU exports to the US.
4 December 2024 News
Ornua lifts November PPI as strong returns continue
Ornua announced that the PPI for November has been increased over 3% on the previous month's index.
4 December 2024 News
2025 milk price should increase slightly - Ornua CEO
Ornua CEO Conor Galvin was speaking at the ICMSA’s AGM at the Radisson in Limerick on Monday 2 December.
2 December 2024 News
ICMSA announces 'for farmers, by farmers' AGM agenda
The ICMSA event will be held on Monday 2 December in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Limerick.
22 November 2024 News
Higher value dairy exports will move ‘closer to home’ - Ornua
Ciaran Aylward, economist at Ornua, was speaking at the Global Dairy Outlook panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
21 November 2024 News
Increase in Ornua PPI for October
The Ornua value payment payable to member co-ops in the month is €4.4m, which equated to 3.6% of gross purchases in the month.
6 November 2024 News
End of expansion ups ante on adding value to milk - Ornua
Ornua's CEO insists that adding value to the existing milk pool is where future revenue growth lies for the dairy sector.
31 October 2024 News
Letter highlighting need for change in the Irish dairy industry
"Time for change" - Ann & David Moore, Glencash Regenerative Farm, Co Cork
30 October 2024 Letters