Rural Life
Irish food companies win big in global beef steak awards
Irish food producers enjoyed overwhelming success at the recent annual World Steak Challenge held in London – with 15 awards...
Kepak
Sheep
Major sheep shearing festivals to take place in the coming weeks
Two major sheep shearing festivals, set to take place in the west of Ireland over the coming weeks, are hoping to...
Beef
Dublin girls take home first prize in Irish Angus schools competion
Four girls from Our Lady’s School, Terenure in Dublin have been announced as the national winners of the Certified Irish Angus Beef...
Agri-Business
Receiver appointed to Greene Farm Foods as Kepak joint venture talks breakdown
A receiver has been appointed to Greene Farm Foods Limited (the Company) after initial negotiations failed between a joint venture...
Agri-Business
Kepak joint venture receives green light from competition authority
The proposed acquisition of sole control by Kepcar Investments Limited, a joint venture between Kepak Group and Oliver Carty, of...
Beef
Competition authority clears Kepak acquisition of Munster-based processor
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has cleared the way for the Kepak Group to acquire John Kelly Meats....
Agri-Business
Kepak appoints new Meat Division CEO
Kepak Group, one of the largest meat processors in Ireland, has appointed Tipperary man Sean Coffey as its new Meat...
Agri-Business
Kevin Cahill to leave CEO position with Kepak's Meat Division
The head of Kepak’s Meat Division, Kevin Cahill is set to leave the Irish meat processor for a position with...
Agri-Business
The richest people in the Irish agri-business sector - See who's on the rich list
The Sunday Times Irish rich list for 2016 has a number of people from the agri-business sector, including the Goodman...
Agri-Business
Ireland's agri-business Rich List - see who's on it
The Irish Independent Irish Rich List for 2015 has a number of people from the agri-business sector, including Larry Goodman...
Beef
Kepak Kilbeggan latest processor to export Irish beef to the US
Kepak Kilbeggan has become the fifth meat processor to export Irish beef to the US, the Department of Agriculture has...
Sheep
Kepak positive on the future for sheep farming
The future market opportunities are quite bright for sheep farmers, according to Bertie Mannion Procurement Manager in Kepak’s Athleague plant....
Sheep
Why Kepak is not paying out on heavy lambs (See optimum spec)
Kepak outlined the key specification sheep farmers must be aware of at the Teagasc Sheep 2015 event in Athenry recently....
Agri-Business
Ireland's agri-business rich list - see who's on it
The Sunday Times Irish rich list for 2015 has a number of people from the agri-business sector, including the Goodman...
Beef
Why Kepak's feedlot is buying fewer cattle at marts and more from farmers
In recent years, Kepak has been moving away from purchasing animals for its beef finishing feedlot from marts with its...
Beef
Video: Inside Kepak's feedlot finishing 3,500 cattle a year
Kepak is planning to finish 3,500 cattle through its Meath-based feedlot this year. It recently opened its gates to the...
Agri-Business
Kepak to supply beef to European-wide sustainability project
Bord Bia in collaboration with Kepak, will develop an Irish beef project that will be rolled out across five European...