Agronomy Services
Agrii launches autumn seed priority service
National agronomy services business Agrii has introduced a new priority autumn seed supply service to ensure its customers have seed of preferred varieties when they need it. It says the service will provide growers across the country with the certainty of early,...
YEN for better 2021 pulse crops now open
Both existing and new pulse crop growers and their advisers can benefit from the Pea and Bean Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) initiatives, backed by a number of trade businesses, advises the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO). The Pea and Bean YEN,...
Origin acquires Greentech for its Amenity division
Origin Enterprises, the Group behind the Agrii and Origin Fertilisers businesses, has acquired Greentech to expand its Amenity division while helping its agricultural operations adapt to the new UK agricultural policy direction. Greentech, founded in 1995 near...
Normal winter cropping lifts Origin’s interim results
Interim results from Origin Enterprises show that a return to a more normal pattern of autumn cropping in the UK has improved its trading position, even as it has reduced its earlier estimate of the winter wheat crop area. The Dublin-based Group’s Ireland and UK...
Declan Giblin to step down from Origin Enterprises board
Origin Enterprises director Declan Giblin, currently chief executive of the Group’s Latin American (LATAM) operation, has announced his intention to retire from the business within the next two years. Therefore, he will step down from the Group board at the end of the...
New director for Fielder UK
Specialist crop nutrition company Fielder (UK) Ltd has appointed Robert Hawkin to the new position of director of marketing. Mr Hawkin, the son of founder Barrie Hawkin, has ten years’ marketing experience in the cosmetics and food industries. In his new role, he will...