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Gove repeats no-deal Brexit warning
Defra secretary of state Michael Gove has reiterated his warning of the damage a no-deal Brexit could cause to the UK agri-food sector. He repeated his concerns, first outlined at the Oxford Farming Conference six weeks ago, with no progress made just six weeks ahead...
read moreVivergo posts losses of £68.6 million
The Vivergo wheat-to-bioethanol plant on Humberside made a pre-tax loss of £68.6 million on revenues of £159.92m in the year ended August 31st 2018, following a £35.9m loss on revenues of £159.47m in the previous year, state documents filed at Companies House. The...
read moreADM completes Gleadell equity purchase
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has completed its full acquisition of the Gleadell Agriculture arable marketing business, and will now proceed to merge all its UK merchanting interests into a single ADM Agriculture company. In January, ADM announced it had agreed to buy...
read morePrimary Diets expands into Poland
AB Agri has acquired a Polish starter diets business as part of a strategy to grow its presence in central and eastern Europe. The company, a division of Associated British Foods, is the UK’s largest pig starter feeds supplier through its Primary Diets brand. Dr Ian...
read moreYelo opens Stratford rapeseed crush plant
The UK’s first full scale oilseed rape crushing plant for 30 years is now operational, and should be up to full capacity in time for the 2019 harvest. It will trade as Yelo Enterprises. The company opened the plant to the industry’s feed raw material buyers and...
read moreUK technical manager for Life Scientific
Off-patent crop protection business Life Scientific has appointed Ruth Stanley, previously campaign manager for cereal herbicides and PGRs at BASF, to the post of UK technical manager. The company says Mrs Stanley’s appointment reflects the growing portfolio of its...
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