Agri-Business
Investigation into fire at LacPatrick Dairies in Tyrone
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has confirmed that an investigation is underway at Lakeland Dairies-owned LacPatrick Dairies,...
LacPatrick Dairies
Agri-Business
'Job losses necessary to ensure we operate in most efficient manner' - Lakeland CEO
Lakeland Dairies has today, Friday, August 30, announced a plan for the adjustment of processing activities on its site in...
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68 job losses announced at LacPatrick Dairies
A total of 68 staff based at LacPatrick Dairies headquarters in Coolshanagh, Co. Monaghan, have been made redundant as moves...
Environment
LacPatrick Dairies fined for polluting waterway
The Northern Ireland division of LacPatrick Dairies has been fined £2,500 after a leak from its AD plant polluted a nearby...
Agri-Business
Lakeland and LacPatrick set to officially merge on 'Brexit day'
The merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies could be one of the country’s only business amalgamations that is now...
Dairy
LacPatrick announces milk prices for December
The board of LacPatrick has today (January 22), announced its base milk price for the month of December, deciding to...
Dairy
LacPatrick Dairies holds milk price for November
LacPatrick Dairies has announced its decision to hold its milk price for its November supplies following a meeting of the...
Dairy
UFU expresses concern at LacPatrick pricing
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has responded to reports that LacPatrick producers will not be paid their promised bonus this...
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Hanley on Lakeland/LacPatrick deal: 'We'll take no prisoners'
Michael Hanley, the CEO of Lakeland Dairies, has stated that the company is “very comfortable” taking on LacPatrick Dairies €28...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies merger: 'A monumental day for dairy farmers'
Yesterday’s landslide shareholder support for the merging of Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies has been described as a “tremendous outcome”...
Agri Politics
Merger gets 'green light' from Lakeland shareholders
Shareholders at Lakeland Dairies have voted in favour of merging the two companies – making the new entity the second-largest dairy...
Dairy
LacPatrick holds September milk price
LacPatrick has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for September supplies. The Monaghan-based processor has announced that,...
Dairy
D'Arcy steps down as LacPatrick chief
Gabriel D’Arcy has announced his decision to resign as chief executive of LacPatrick Dairies, the Monaghan-based processor has revealed. It...
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'There is a culture of excess silage waste in Ireland'
There is a culture of excess silage waste in Ireland, with somewhere in the region of 25% of feed made...
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Stretching fodder the key focus of border dairy meeting
LacPatrick Dairies is running a fodder budgeting workshop tonight (Thursday, August 2) at 8:00pm in the Four Seasons Hotel in...
Agri-Business
Shareholder vote on 'likely' LacPatrick/Lakeland merger expected this autumn
LacPatrick Dairies intends to hold a vote with shareholders on its potential merger with Lakeland Dairies this coming September. Last...
Agri-Business
LacPatrick 'issues' non-disclosure agreements to possible bidders
LacPatrick Dairies is expected to issue non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to four possible suitors this week as plans to consolidate the...
Dairy
Co-op unity urged regarding LacPatrick for 'hard years ahead'
The opportunity for a farmer-controlled re-alignment of the milk processing sector in the northern half of Ireland arises from the...