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Leydon appointed ifac’s head of growth and agri-food consulting
James Hanly
Leydon joined ifac in 2018 as the firm’s head of food and agribusiness to develop the group’s agri-food consultancy offerings.
10 February 2025 News
Grocery inflation eased slightly in January
Storm Éowyn effect visible in shopping data for the month, according to Kantar.
9 February 2025 News
New beef export record for Brazil
Brazil's beef exports increase at an exceptional rate in 2024
China’s beef imports increased again in 2024
The rate of China’s beef imports increase has slowed down in recent years, but still increased in 2024, while pork and sheepmeat imports fell.
7 February 2025 News
John Deere tops Irish and UK tractor sales with 30% share
John Deere (29.3%), Massey Ferguson (18.7%) and New Holland (15.9%) have topped the 2023 Irish tractor sales, with the trio accounting for 64% of all tractor sales. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
5 February 2025 News
US cattle numbers down by half a million head
Falling cattle numbers and tariff threat threaten US beef industry in particular while in Ireland it is dairy farmers that are most exposed to US tariff threat
5 February 2025 News
Co Kerry gets the lion’s share of Kerry Group bonanza
More than €1 billion of Kerry Group shares heading for the Kingdom.
5 February 2025 News
The success of Kerry Group should be celebrated
It's now up to the next generation of farmers to see if they can repeat the growth with their new co-op.
5 February 2025 News
Trump wields his favourite policy weapon
The freshly inaugurated US president has been very active on the tariff front
5 February 2025 News
Aurivo CEO to retire next year
Donal Tierney was appointed to lead the co-op in 2020.
5 February 2025 News
Is Listowel the richest little town in Ireland?
Listowel, the birthplace of Kerry, has done very well from the share distribution
5 February 2025 News
National Ploughing Association made operating loss for 2023
Association reported after-tax profit once movement in value of investments is factored in.
5 February 2025 News