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Agribusiness
Fonterra increases milk prices as profits jump 23%
Phelim O'Neill
Jump in Fonterra profits for the first half of their finacial year and a positive outlook for the second half.
20 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.
15 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.
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
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from New Zealand, England, United States and Brazil.
28 February 2024 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from New Zealand, United States, Brazil and Britain.
14 February 2024 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from USA, Brazil, Australia and China.
7 February 2024 World
Analysis: why European farmer protests will hamper Mercosur deal
European Commission president faces fight to keep Mercosur trade deal alive as she meets French president who is surrounded by tractors.
1 February 2024 Opinion
Farmer protests complicate trade deals
Trade commissioner talks up prospects of Mercosur deal, but there are many obstacles in the way of getting it across the line.
28 January 2024 News
China’s economy barrier to beef imports
The Irish Farmers Journal caught up with Rupert Claxton of GIRA in the margins of the Bord Bia meat seminar for an outside view on prospects for Irish beef exports.
26 January 2024 News