Agri-Business
Arla Foods is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the merger between the Swedish cooperative, Arla, and the Danish cooperative, MD Foods.
The European Commission has cleared the way for Irish food manufacturing company, Valeo Foods to acquire Slovakian-based I.D.C Holding
Arrabawn has organised a series of information meetings for its shareholders to discuss a potential merger with Tipperary Co-op.
Machinery
The recent purchase of ROC mergers prompted Kverneland to invite the press in to admire its latest acquisition.
Co-op members of Lakeland Dairies have backed major new changes in the structure of the Cavan-headquartered cooperative.
Environment
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Ballyhoura Wind Limited and CCWFL Limited.
Dairy
Proposed changes to the board structure and electoral areas of Lakeland Dairies are to be brought before a special general meeting.
DuPont has announced that it has agreed to merge with IFF - with Kerry Group, losing out on the eleventh hour.
Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick have today formally completed the merger of the two societies to form a new entity.
Cross-border dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies has reported "an excellent business performance" in 2018.
The much anticipated merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies has finally been given the green light.
North Cork has today confirmed that the proposed merger with Newtownsandes Co-operative Society Limited has been approved.
Shareholders of North Cork Co-operative Creameries and Newtownsandes Co-operative have approved the merger of the two societies.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has announced that it is investigating the proposed merger of Lakeland and LacPatrick Dairies.
The merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies has been cautiously welcomed by LacPatrick supplier Brian Treanor.
Michael Hanley, the CEO of Lakeland Dairies, has stated that the company is "very comfortable" taking on LacPatrick Dairies €28 million debt.
The recently-announced merger between Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies "is the way forward" - but will take time, according to Thomas Rogers.
At the Lakeland Dairies SGM, shareholders voted in favour of a merger. AgriLand was at the event to get farmers' opinions on the move.
Yesterday's landslide shareholder support for the merging of Lakeland and LacPatrick has been described as a "tremendous" day for dairy farmers.
The decision by LacPatrick and Lakeland shareholders to approve the proposed merger of co-ops has been welcomed by IFA president Joe Healy.
Strong majority backing from shareholders of both Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies for a merger has been cautiously welcomed by the ICMSA.
Agri Politics
Shareholders at Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have voted in favour of merging the two companies.
Shareholders at LacPatrick Dairies have voted in favour of merging with Lakeland Dairies at the co-operative's SGM today.
