Livestock
Ornua predicts global dairy market growth for 2019
Ornua, Ireland’s third largest milk processor and its largest dairy products exporter, has reported a 15% increase in profitability on 0.6% higher sales from 2018. The co-operative, trading as the Irish Dairy Board until its rebrand in 2015, made an operating profit...
read moreAHDB board changes for Pork and Potatoes
The AHDB has made a number of new appointments to its Pork and Potatoes sector boards. All began on April 1st for three-year terms. Nick Davies takes one of the processor seats on the AHDB Pork board. He is group agriculture manager for the Karro Food Group, with...
read moreSRUC opens new £1.6m vet lab
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has officially opened its new £1.6 million SRUC Veterinary and Analytical Laboratory just outside Edinburgh. It says the centre for animal disease surveillance and research will allow the faster, more reliable and more efficient...
read moreNew role at ED&F Man
Employee-owned agricultural commodities trader ED&F Man has appointed Paul Roberts to the new national role of trading and business development manager. He is based at the company’s Liverpool office. Mr Roberts has extensive experience of the UK feed industry in both...
read morePension deficit drives ANM Group to loss
The ANM Group of auctioneering, livestock marts and property businesses has reported a reduced operating profit and an overall loss, despite higher throughput and revenues. The Inverurie, Aberdeenshire-based co-operative made an operating profit of £208,000 on...
read moreFurther livestock expansion for VetPartners
UK veterinary sector consolidator VetPartners has acquired the LLM Farm Vets business (formerly Lambert, Leonard and May) which operates across the Midlands, North Wales, Lancashire and Derbyshire. VetPartners was established in 2015 with the help of the August equity...
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