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Karro acquired by Canada’s Sofina Foods
The Karro Food Group, a major UK integrated pig processor and food manufacturer, has been sold by its private equity owners to a Canadian meat packing business, Sofina Foods, subject to regulatory clearances. Financial details are not being disclosed. Karro is...
ProCam extends crop trials network
Agronomy and crop production businesses ProCam is adding two new trials hubs to complement its existing facility at the Stockbridge Technology Centre at Cawood, North Yorkshire. The company says the new sites will extend its commitment to crop production research. The...
Wyke Farms to double cheese capacity
Wyke Farms, the Somerset-based independent cheese producer, has begun the groundwork to rebuild its Bruton-based dairy in the county. The project will double the company’s cheese production capacity. The investment in a 16,589m² state-of-the-art production facility...
First Milk plans to cut milk supplier carbon footprint
Farmer-owned milk buyer and processor First Milk has updated its sustainability plan with requirements for its farmer milk suppliers to reduce their emissions and sequester more carbon on their holdings through more regenerative practices. The Glasgow-based business...
Farmer confidence increasing, notes Wynnstay
A trading update from the Wynnstay Group, released ahead of its annual general meeting last week, reveals that feed and rural retailing activities are ahead of the previous year but arable sales are slowed by a high volume of overwintered seed and the small 2020...
Pinstone grows in 2020 despite restrictions
Specialist agri-food communications agency Pinstone has reported 17% business growth to year-end January 2021, despite the pandemic restrictions. It is 16 years since the business was established by former Town & Country PR executive Catherine Linch. The agency says...