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Three-week national funding to restart CF Fertilisers
Government is to provide short-term funding to restart UK ammonium nitrate fertiliser manufacture in order to secure supplies of the CO2 co-product for the food processing, packaging and distribution sectors. But industry organisations say a longer-term plan for...
Corteva to expand its biofungicide range
Crop protection product manufacturer Corteva Agriscience is to grow its biofungicide capability through a new partnership with a French biologicals business, At the same time, it has expanded its existing relationship with US biotech business Elemental Enzymes to...
SQP name change gathers support
There is growing industry support for a change in the official title used for registered professionals qualified to prescribe and supply animal medicines, with a push to enshrine the change in law. The Animal Medicines Training and Regulatory Authority (AMTRA) is...
New look for Rumevite feedblocks
Rumenco has updated its Rumevite feedblock range with a new formulation, shape and packaging. The product range consists of eight different blocks, enabling supplementation to be tailored to suit livestock nutritional requirements at any point during the grazing or...
Government must work with industry to solve fertiliser and CO2 crisis
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) is urging government to address the cessation of manufacture at the UK’s two ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser factories as part of a wider review of supply chain sustainability. However, it is a shortage of the carbon...
Norfolk Food Park underway
The Food Enterprise Park (FEP) near Norwich is taking shape in line with its vision to add value to crops grown in Norfolk by processing them into products for manufacturing within the county, bringing employment and investment to the region rather than losing...
New area manager for Yara
Yara UK has appointed Oscar Thacker as its new area manager for northern and central Lincolnshire and parts of Nottinghamshire, from a base near Lincoln. He will support farmers with technical information and actionable advice on everything from liquid and solid...