Commodity Trading
Roquette to close Corby starch plant
Roquette has announced plans to cease operations at its wheat to starch manufacturing plant at Corby in Northamptonshire by the end of the year, subject to employee consultations. “Despite efforts to maintain a profitable operation and improve the efficiency of the...
Blockchain for gluten-free Scots oat supply chain
Six Scottish farms have collaborated on a project to develop Scotland’s first assured gluten-free oat supply chain. Although oats are naturally gluten-free, the group realised there was no scheme to guarantee that oat storage and milling facilities had not been...
Commercial director for Origin Enterprises
Origin Enterprises has promoted Alex Steel to the new role of group commercial director, reporting directly to group chief executive Sean Coyle, from October 1st. He will be UK-based. Mr Steel will oversee all global commercial operations as well as being responsible...
Currency factors dominate UK wheat market
Currency - with a sharp fall in the pound driven by Brexit politics, followed by a limited recovery - is the dominant factor in the domestic wheat market at the moment. “You’ve got to be a currency trader to make this one work at the moment,” Stuart Attridge, trader...
Bartholomews’ new seed plant comes on-stream
Bartholomews Agri Food’s new seed plant is running at full capacity processing seed for this autumn’s drilling campaign. Last September, the company relocated its entire headquarters operation from Portfield in Chichester where it had been based since 1940. It is now...
Farmers hold back rapeseed as weather slows harvest
Variable and difficult weather has slowed the rapeseed harvest and kept UK farmers away from the market in recent weeks. “It’s relatively quiet in farmer selling terms,” David Whyte, trader at United Oilseeds, told Agritrade News. “They’re bogged down with the harvest...