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Positive start to 2022 by Carr’s Group
A trading update from the Carr's Group, to coincide with its annual general meeting this week, reports its agricultural businesses are performing to expectation in the 20 weeks since the end of the last financial year on August 28th...
Cawood acquires ChemTech Environmental
Cawood Scientific completed its fourth 2021 acquisition late last month – the first under its new ownership. The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical laboratory testing services for the land-based industries acquired...
Farmers seek feed and fertiliser savings post-BPS
While almost a quarter of farm businesses in the UK intend to reduce expenditure on fertiliser and feed as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) area-based farm support is phased out, two-thirds have not made any plans. This is the finding...
Yara upgrades Atfarm app to help farmers with ELMs
Fertiliser manufacturer Yara has upgraded its nutrient management tool, which can be found within the company’s Atfarm digital tool. The move follows the launch of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) national farm support schemes...
AFBI and Barenbrug mark 30 years of grass breeding
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), based in Northern Ireland, and grass and forage plant breeder Barenbrug UK are marking three decades of working together. The joint grass-breeding project has seen a cumulative grass...
BCorp ESG certification for Simpsons Malt
Simpsons Malt, the Berwick based company comprising a malting division and the merchanting business McCreath Simpson & Prentice, has achieved B Corporation (B CorpTM) status. B Lab, the not-for-profit organisation behind the B Corp...
First BASIS trainee member award
Trials agronomist Louise Davy is the winner of the inaugural BASIS Trainee Member of the Year Award, out of three finalists selected from a field of over 40 trainee members. She was presented with the award, which celebrates...