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Adisseo to acquire Dutch feed additive company
Global feed additive manufacturer Bluestar Adisseo has agreed to acquire the FRAmelco Group of companies in a strategic move that both increases its strength in specialty feed ingredients and reinforces its position in the health through nutrition segment. FRAmelco...
Arla UK ahead at H1 despite pandemic
Major milk buyer and processor Arla Foods UK has reported 4.7% revenue growth over the first half of 2020, despite the Covid-19 disruption. But it warns that lack of profitability in liquid milk remains a problem. The UK arm of the Danish co-operative reports a net...
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...
NIAB adds agri-tech incubator to Cambridge base
NIAB is to build an agri-tech hub at its Cambridge base to link start-up agricultural technology businesses with its wider research network. The crop research organisation has been awarded £2.5 million from The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to...
DSM’s six-point livestock sustainability plan
DSM Animal Health and Nutrition, the feed additive division of the Dutch Royal DSM multinational, has launched a new company-wide sustainability initiative. The company says the demand for animal protein is expected to rise in line with global population growth over...
OPICO acquires Stocks Ag
OPICO, the Bourne, Lincolnshire-based farm equipment importer and distributor, has acquired Stocks Ag, the UK specialist manufacturer of seed and granule applicators alongside wheels for agricultural machinery. Stocks Ag was established in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in...