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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 16th February 2021 0

Local food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 35.1 cent per litre (cpl) for January. The creamery price includes a Late Supply Bonus (LSB) of 4 cpl (including VAT) that will be paid on all high-quality creamery milk supplied in January. The 35.1cpl is an increase of 1.6cpl on the price paid by […]

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Seed capital: Kilkenny farmer wins prestigious agri-food award

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2021 0

A Kilkenny farmer has won a prestigious agri-food award. Martin Hayden from Coolroe, Graiguenamanagh, won the Green Feed Barley prize in the Glanbia Ireland 2020 Grain Supplier of the Year Awards. Martin has a mixed farm combining tillage with an Angus calf to beef system. He also produces ewe lambs for breeding. The crop rotation […]

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Kilkenny farmers to benefit from Glanbia scheme

By Kilkenny Now 2nd February 2021 Post a comment

Kilkenny-based food giant Glanbia has announced details of its 2021 Trading Bonus Scheme and confirmed the continuation of its monthly profit distribution payment for milk supplying Members The scheme will reward members of the Co-op for purchases made from Glanbia Ireland and its subsidiaries. For milk supplier members of Glanbia Co-op, the  Trading Bonus is […]

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2021 0

Local food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 33.5 cent per litre (cpl) for December. The creamery price includes a Late Supply Bonus (LSB) of 2 cpl (including VAT) that will be paid on all high quality creamery milk supplied in December. Farmer Members will receive a 0.42 cpl (including VAT) payment from […]

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay to Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 11th December 2020 0

Local food giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay its Kilkenny milk suppliers 31.5 cent per litre (cpl) for November. An additional payment of 0.5 cpl will be made on all November milk supplies to mark the launch of Glanbia Ireland’s Operation Biodiversity initiative, which aims to drive increased planting of native trees and hedgerows […]

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Operation Biodiversity: Award-winning Kilkenny farmer leads tree-mendous new initiative

By Kilkenny Now 10th December 2020 0

Kilkenny food giant Glanbia and its family farm suppliers have embarked on a new initiative to drive increased planting of trees and hedgerows in the Irish countryside through the Operation Biodiversity programme. The company said the initiative will utilise Glanbia Ireland’s experienced CountryLife horticulturalists to work with farmers to further enhance and enrich our

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Glanbia turns sod on new €15m Innovation Centre in county Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2020 0

Glanbia Ireland today turned the sod on its new €15 million Innovation Centre in county Kilkenny. The local food giant said the new 2000 square metre facility in Ballyragget will deliver state-of-the-art technology with a processing area and a pilot plant to prototype new products. The faicility will be built erected by Matthew Wall & […]

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Legal challenge threatens plans for new €140m cheese plant in south Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 24th November 2020 0

Plans to build a major new €140 million cheese facility plant at Belview Port in south Kilkenny that would create up to 80 new jobs have been thrown into doubt after a legal challenge to the project was allowed to proceed. An Taisce has been granted leave to seek a judicial review of the planning […]

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Glanbia gets green light to expand giant Kilkenny plant

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2020 0

Local food giant Glanbia has been given the green light to build an extension onto its manufacturing facility at the company’s county Kilkenny headquarters. Kilkenny County Council has granted Glanbia Ingredients Ireland DAC permission to extend its plant in Ballyconra outside Ballyragget. The extension includes the construction of a new packaging intake building, a

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Glanbia reveals latest milk prices it will pay to Kilkenny farmers

By Kilkenny Now 11th November 2020 0

Local diary giant Glanbia has confirmed it will pay Kilkenny farmers 31 cent per litre (cpl) for October. In its latest monthly statement, Glanbia announced it will pay its milk suppliers 30.18 cent per litre (cpl) including VAT for October creamery milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein. This is unchanged from the September […]