Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney today publicised plans by the Cork co-op to create 50 jobs across all areas of its business over the coming three years.
Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney visiting Bandon Co-op's Kinsale Mill for the announcement of 50 new jobs with Gerard Brickley, CEO Bandon Co-op. Picture: John Sheehan.
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Visiting the co-op’s recently acquired Kinsale feed mill in his native county, Minister Coveney said: “Bandon Co-op’s 255 milk suppliers have ambitious plans for future milk expansion and I’m encouraged to see the support base being put in place by Bandon Co-op’s board and management team in order to take full advantage of the post-quota expansion. Bandon Co-op now employs a total staff of 250 across its three divisions having created 40 jobs over the past two years.”
The Minister also welcomed the co-op’s willingness to explore new business avenues: “The acquisition of this modern animal feed mill with its grain-drying facilities and extensive grain and feed ingredients storage facilities is just one facet of that.
“With this acquisition, Bandon Co-op now purchases in excess of 15,000t from local grain growers and plans are in place to make additional investments to further improve sustainability for customers and the environment,” he added.
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Bandon Co-op CEO Gerard Brickley spoke at the launch about the importance of ongoing investment: “This investment in our feed and grain operations is significant. We can now buy, dry and store in excess of 30,000t of harvest grain while ensuring that our expanding dairy farmers are well supported by a 100,000t capacity feed mill located at their doorstep to provide competitive and efficient bulk delivery across the region. The Kinsale facility gives us an excellent base to grow sales in our region."
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Visiting the co-op’s recently acquired Kinsale feed mill in his native county, Minister Coveney said: “Bandon Co-op’s 255 milk suppliers have ambitious plans for future milk expansion and I’m encouraged to see the support base being put in place by Bandon Co-op’s board and management team in order to take full advantage of the post-quota expansion. Bandon Co-op now employs a total staff of 250 across its three divisions having created 40 jobs over the past two years.”
The Minister also welcomed the co-op’s willingness to explore new business avenues: “The acquisition of this modern animal feed mill with its grain-drying facilities and extensive grain and feed ingredients storage facilities is just one facet of that.
“With this acquisition, Bandon Co-op now purchases in excess of 15,000t from local grain growers and plans are in place to make additional investments to further improve sustainability for customers and the environment,” he added.
Bandon Co-op CEO Gerard Brickley spoke at the launch about the importance of ongoing investment: “This investment in our feed and grain operations is significant. We can now buy, dry and store in excess of 30,000t of harvest grain while ensuring that our expanding dairy farmers are well supported by a 100,000t capacity feed mill located at their doorstep to provide competitive and efficient bulk delivery across the region. The Kinsale facility gives us an excellent base to grow sales in our region."
Here are some of the latest agricultural jobs in Ireland and abroad.”
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