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Bayer’s $10bn to settle Roundup litigation
Agrochemical manufacturer Bayer is to spend over $10 billion in settling current and future legal cases over its Roundup (glyphosate) herbicide, as well as smaller amounts on dicamba and PCBs in water cases. The company is to pay $10.1 billion to $10.9bn to resolve...
MBO changes Agrosom to AgriFeed UK
Feed ingredients trader Greg Dunn has bought his UK agency from its German parent and will now trade under a new name. Mr Dunn founded Agrosom Ltd, based near Colchester, in 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the German company Agrosom GmbH. But he has now bought...
CBA adds to technical team
Feed manufacturer Carrs Billington Agriculture has appointed nutritionist Dr Ruth Lawson to its technical team. Dr Lawson joins the Cumbria-based company as technical manager from the North Yorkshire feed business WE Jameson & Sons where she was a ruminant...
Roslin collaboration for animal disease diagnostics
Edinburgh’s Roslin Technologies is to work with Destina Genomics in a new joint venture business, Vetsina Animal Diagnostics, aiming to develop a range of faster diagnostics for veterinary diseases including mastitis. The partners believe that harnessing Destina’s...
Malting barley varieties for Harvest 2021
The Malting Barley Committee of the Maltsters Association of Great Britain (MAGB) has released its list of malting barley varieties approved for harvest 2021. Based on recent demand patterns, the MAGB had expected UK malting barley purchases across England and...
SoilEssentials and Elveden partner over precision potatoes
Angus, Scotland-based precision farming business SoilEssentials has announced a new partnership with Elveden Estates, the major vegetable and potato-growing business based on the Suffolk/Norfolk border in East Anglia. SoilEssentials and Elveden will work together...
BASIS adds remote point of sale audits for rodenticides
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) believes that remote auditing of point of product sale practices is essential to protect the reputation of the sector as it comes up for review. UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime is preparing for a review by its...