Commodity Trading
AIC to run 2020 wheat mycotoxin survey
With the wheat harvest now underway, the AIC is running its annual mycotoxin monitoring survey alongside flour miller trade body nabim. The survey gathers a large number of results and gives an early estimation of mycotoxin risk. In addition, AIC and its European...
Greencore exits molasses with sale to UM
The Greencore Group has agreed to sell its share of a joint venture Irish molasses trading business to its partner United Molasses, part of W&R Barnett, subject to regulatory approvals. It marks the end of Greencore's involvement in agricultural supply and processing...
Quiet pulses market as harvest approaches
While an earlier than usual pulse harvest will follow cereals to the combine, crop yields and quality remain uncertain at this stage of the season. Markets are little changed over the last two to three months. Prices have drifted lower as new crop approaches, reports...
Major grain merchants cease on-farm sampling
Following the AIC Crop Marketing Sector’s campaign to phase out the long-established practice of buyer sampling of grain on-farm, major grain merchant businesses have stopped sending people to draw grain samples from farm stores. The AIC said at the end of May that...
Camgrain adds non-exec expertise
Grain storage co-operative Camgrain has appointed Jacqui Green to its board as a non-executive director. She will be a member of the board’s appointments and remuneration committee. Ms Green has spent her career in the fresh produce sector, most recent as chief...
AIC reissues erucic acid code
The AIC has reissued its voluntary code of practice on testing certified seed of oilseed rape and making the results available, ahead of the autumn planting season for the crop which starts next month. The Association advises growers to be as diligent as possible to...