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Camgrain extends Frontier marketing agreement
Central storage co-operative Camgrain has extended its strategic grain marketing agreement with Frontier Agriculture for a second five-year term. The two businesses started working together from harvest 2015 – this year’s harvest will be the last under that agreement...
read moreEden sales up
There is increasing consumer and regulatory pressure for natural crop protection products to replace conventional chemistry, stated UK biopesticide and microencapsulation specialist Eden Research’s chairman at its annual general meeting this week. “It is clear that...
read moreTotal Income From Farming drops 17% in 2018
The UK Total Income from Farming (TIFF) figure fell 17% in calendar 2018, with increasing costs outweighing a small rise in arable and livestock farm incomes. Enterprises were squeezed between a late spring and dry summer which reduced both arable and forage crop...
read morePremier takes on Three Peaks for RABI
A team from animal nutrition specialist Premier Nutrition, an AB Agri company, is to tackle the Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI). The 25-strong team, made up of 21 hikers and four drivers, will scale the...
read moreNew members for AHDB Dairy board
AHDB Dairy has appointed three new members to its dairy board, with Joe Towers, Liz Haines and Ian Harvey taking up three-year terms from last month. They replace Janette Prince, Tim Gue and David Cotton who have all completed their terms of office. Mr Towers joined...
read morePolicy priorities for new EU Parliament
Industry bodies have set out priorities for future agricultural policy ahead of the European Parliament elections next week. While it is unclear whether the new raft of UK MEPs will ever take up their seats - or for how long - the policy areas highlighted are seen as...
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