Agri Inputs
Weather variability reflected in 2020 silages
Grass silage volumes from the 2020 conservation season may be down on the previous year, but average quality will be sufficient to support good intakes and levels of production, advises Trouw Nutrition GB. The company has the largest silage testing facility in the UK,...
Arable weather knocks Origin’s full year figures
The exceptional weather experienced in the 2019/20 arable crop season in the UK and Ireland has significantly affected Origin Enterprises’ full year profitability and revenues. The Group is confident that demand for its agronomy services and inputs will return to more...
Return of the metaldehyde ban
Defra is to ban the outdoor use of the metaldehyde molluscicide in Great Britain from the end of March 2022, following its first unsuccessful attempt two years ago. The Department has confirmed that the sale and distribution of existing stocks of metaldehyde slug...
New MD for RAGT Seeds UK
RAGT Seeds, the UK arm of the French plant breeding multinational, has appointed Lee Bennett as its new UK managing director, effective from April 1st 2021. He succeeds Simon Howell, who has held the position since 2008 when RAGT Semences established a UK presence...
Facing farming challenges with Nix
The foreword to the latest edition of the John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management cites Covid-19, Brexit and the 2019/20 weather as the worst combination of industry-wide challenges for 50 years. The John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management has been updated for 2021...
Commercial manager for FMC
Agricultural sciences company FMC has appointed Geoffrey Bastard as its new commercial technical manager to boost its technical advice and service for distribution, agronomists and growers. BASIS and FACTS qualified, Mr Bastard joins from Certis where he was regional...