Agri-Business
Brazil and Saudi Arabia are forming a government working group focused on a pasture recovery programme in the south American country.
Irish exports to the Arab world reached record levels in 2022, having increased 23% in the first...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced improved market...
Agreement in principle has been reached to lift the current age restriction on Irish beef exports to Saudi Arabia.
Minister McConalogue will meet representatives from both the UAE and Saudi Arabia when he leads an Irish trade mission over the coming days.
Dairy
Some 22,500 cows are milked on the Al Badiah dairy farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia four times each day, producing a jaw dropping 11L of milk every second.
Other
Following the conclusion of last week's trade mission to the Gulf states, Bord Bia Chief Executive, Tara McCarthy has said that the hard work only starts now.
The enhanced trade deal with Saudi Arabia must be judged on its effect to beef prices, according to ICMSA's Michael Guinan.
There are 22,500 cows being milked on the Al Badiah dairy farm, one of Almarai's six super farms in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Irish processed, cooked, minced and bone-in beef could be exported to Saudi Arabia before the end of 2017, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has said.
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed this morning announced an agreement on enhanced access for Irish beef to Saudi Arabia.
A delegation of over 30 Irish agri-food and agri-tech companies is being led by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, on a week-long trade mission to the Gulf States.
Almarai is one of the largest dairy farms in the world milking over 93,000 dairy cows in the Arabian Dessert in Saudi Arabia.
Ornua has opened its new €20m cheese manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia, which will manufacture white cheeses for the market there.
While the bulk of Irish food exports to the Middle East comprise of dairy ingredients, the future may be in high-value, branded, packaged, niche products.
