Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) coordinated over 100 investigations of food complaints in 2025.
Environment
Usage of ground limestone as fertiliser declined in 2025, according to data from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has detailed payments made to farmers under various farm schemes in 2025.
Agri-Business
Teagasc paid overtime to 138 staff in 2025, almost unchanged from 2024 with the highest individual payment also lower than the previous year.
An "excellent performance" by hotels helped drive pre-tax profits at Farmer Business Developments plc last year to €36.36m.
Dairy
Tirlán, the Kilkenny-based co-op, has reported that its group revenue increased by 5% last year to hit the €2.66 billion mark.
Arrabawn Co-op has reported a 20% drop in annual turnover from €505 million in 2022 to €403 million in 2023.
Lakeland Dairies has blamed a "challenging year" for a €300,000 drop in turnover to to €1.6 billion in 2023.
The family owned Foyle Food Group has reported a €2.3million drop in pre-tax profits to €11.1 million for 2022.
Other
47% of agricultural workplaces were in breach of employment law when inspected by the Workplace Relations Commission.
The number of registered milk-producer contracts in the 2020/21 milk year decreased by 14, or 1%, to 1,324 registered producers
Tipperary Co-op delivered its "best ever financial year" in 2021 with turnover exceeding €300,000 for the first time ever
Ten cases were referred to the Veterinary Council of Ireland's Fitness to Practise Committee in 2021, with four inquiries heard
The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) received 65 complaints in 2021, according to its recently published annual report
Some €14.2 billion worth of agri-food exports were sent out of Ireland last year, according to...
Arrabawn Co-op has reported record revenues along with profit growth in 2020, despite a year of "significant challenge", its annual results show.
Dairy processor Aurivo achieved a record sales turnover of €488.7 million in 2020 despite what was a "uniquely challenging year".
There was a "stagnation" for many years, according to Lakeland, which saw "farmers missing the opportunity to enter the dairy industry".
Cross-border dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies' revenue increased by over 5.7% to hit €1.09 billion, up by €59.3 million on the prior year.
