Agri-Business
Tirlán has announced a €4 million support package to help its tillage farmers and support beef farmers in the Twenty20 Beef Club.
Beef
Kepak has announced plans to increase the rate of payment to farmers supplying cattle through its programme run in conjunction with Tirlán.
Dairy
A member of the Twenty20 Beef Club - a joint venture between Glanbia and Kepak - has hosted the president of Cogeca on his farm.
The Twenty20 Beef Club, a partnership between Glanbia Ireland and Kepak Group has won an international award organised by Cogeca
Beef focus: Farming in Kilmanagh in Co. Kilkenny, Patrick Marnell is running both a 60-cow dairy herd, alongside a beef finishing enterprise.
In April of last year, Glanbia Ireland and Kepak Group announced the introduction of the Twenty20 Beef Club.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has confirmed there isn't a cartel operating in the Twenty20 Beef Club Programme.
Agri Politics
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture has hit out at the Glanbia/Kepak Twenty20 Beef Club for being "anti-competitive".
