Commodity Trading
Cefetra launches farm Ecosystem Services business
National arable marketing business Cefetra is collaborating with the independent agronomy company Soil Capital to help growers secure a financial return for sustainable practices undertaken on their farms. The company believes...
Graindex rebranded
Hectare, the digital agricultural services business, has rebranded its Graindex grain trading platform under the parent company name. The Graindex platform was launched in 2017, to expand the company’s portfolio from the existing...
Grain movement slows in balanced market
The prices being paid to farmers for UK wheat and barley are not enough to cover many of their costs, in a market that is buoyed by the higher cost of new crop grain. For now, wheat is moving slowly, just covering short term demand....
Reduced profits for AB Agri and Sugar
AB Agri’s full year profitability fell over its latest year, as product price increases failed to fully offset lower monogastric feed volumes. The Agriculture division of Associated British Foods posted an operating profit of £32 million on revenues of £1.84 billion...
Grain swimming robot attracts £50k R&D funding
"Grain swimming" robot developer Crover has secured £50,000 of Innovate UK funding to progress its study of the device’s remote autonomous operation. Edinburgh-based Crover’s robotic grain storage management system uses a robot in...
Cefetra appoints two grain buyers
Cefetra Grain has appointed two new farm grain buyers to grow its market share in Scotland and the West Midlands. Andrew Geraghty has joined Cefetra’s team for Scotland and the Borders. With a dairy sector background in his native...
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