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Richardson to expand Bedford oat mill
Canadian agribusiness Richardson International is to increase the capacity of its UK oat mill, acquired three years ago, by some 35% over the next four years. The company says this will help meet growing demand for oats and oat-based products. Richardson acquired the...
New MD for CF Fertilisers UK
CF Fertilisers UK, the country’s only ammonium nitrate manufacturer, has appointed Brett Nightingale as managing director. With two decades of international fertiliser industry experience, he succeeds David Hopkins who is retiring after six years in the role. A US...
Boortmalt to double output at its Buckie maltings
Pauls Malt, the UK trading name for Boortmalt, is to invest £12 million to expand its maltings at Buckie on Scotland’s Morayshire coast. It says the move will support the growing demand for malt in whisky distilling and brewing – recent years have seen a significant...
Hutchinsons explores radar satellite images for Omnia
Hutchinsons is partnering with French satellite imagery start-up SpaceSense to explore improvements to its Omnia Precision Agronomy platform. Omnia already uses SpaceSense satellite data to provide real time information on crop health, chlorophyll levels and stress...
NFU survey finds low farm business confidence
The NFU’s annual Confidence Survey has found both short (one year) and mid-term (three year) confidence among British farmers remains negative for the third consecutive year. The union questioned 662 members between November 5th 2020 and January 8th 2021. It notes...
Corteva launches new mode of action for Septoria in UK
Corteva Agriscience’s Inatreq fungicide active ingredient, offering curative and protectant control for wheat against all Septoria strains, is now approved for use in the UK in time for T2 applications. Branded Univoq, the company says that Inatreq is the first new...
Brand refresh for Zinpro
Zinpro Corporation, the international supplier of feed trace minerals, is marking its 50th year in business with a new logo and website. The company was established in the US state of Minnesota by Dean Anderson as a small organic trace mineral company. Since then, it...