AB Agri profit back on track
AB Agri, the agriculture division of Associated British Foods (ABF), has recovered its growth trend after last year’s drop caused by weak feed demand in the 2016/17 period. The AB Agri group of businesses made an adjusted operating profit of £59 million on revenues of...
read moreMick Sloyan is David Black 2018
Mick Sloyan, strategy director, pork at the AHDB and deputy director of the whole organisation, is the David Black award winner for 2018. The annual award is made to an individual who has made a valuable and sustained contribution to the British pig industry. The...
read moreWheat, rye and rapeseed growth for KWS
German multinational plant breeding business the KWS Group has reported unchanged profitability and world sales, despite an increase in operating costs. The business made an operating income of €132.6 million on sales of €1.068 billion in the year ended June 30th...
read moreABN opens student scheme to poultry sector
Monogastric feed manufacturer ABN is to extend its industry scholarship placement scheme, already established over four years in the pig sector, to include poultry production. The initiative, in partnership with Harper Adams University, seeks two students to complete...
read moreDLF’s 18% full year revenue growth
Global seeds group DLF Seeds saw record earnings in the financial year ending June 30th 2018. The company reported revenue of DKK4.325bn (€580m) in 2017/18, an increase of DKK800m (€107m) from the previous year. DLF says that its acquisitions of sugarbeet brand...
read moreWheat biofertiliser from Plantworks
Plantworks has launched a new wheat specific biofertiliser product as the latest in its Smart Rotations range of micro-organism-based crop enhancers. The biofertiliser products work through a symbiosis between the plant root and two groups of micro-organisms –...
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