Livestock
New Premier Nutrition premix plant comes on stream
Premier Nutrition has commenced operations at a new, state of the art and highly automated feed premix manufacturing plant, with full traceability and food grade equipment to ensure precision and food safety. The company, part of AB Agri’s Specialty Nutrition division...
read moreNew chief for Tulip
Danish Crown has appointed Andrew Cracknell as chief executive of its integrated UK pig production and processing business Tulip. Group chief executive Jais Valeur has been managing Tulip on a day-to-day basis since June 2018, on top of his main job, when former Tulip...
read moreLakeland and LacPatrick to merge
Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies, two co-operative milk processing businesses that operate on both sides of the Irish border, are to merge into a single business with revenues in excess of €1 billion, subject to member and regulatory approval. Shareholder...
read moreNew UK chief for Kynetec
Agricultural and animal health market research bureau Kynetec has appointed Robert Bakewell as senior director of its Real Time Trackers team, responsible for delivering tracking data on the use of crop protection, seed and animal health products. He will be based at...
read moreEFA derogations to increase forage stocks
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has relaxed certain Ecological Focus Area (EFA) requirements in England under the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) to enable farmers to harvest more forage. But the derogation, agreed by the European Commission, is strictly a one-off in...
read moreEMEA chief for Antelliq
The French multinational animal identification and management technology group Antelliq has appointed a former AB Vista executive to lead its European operations. Antelliq, formerly known as the Allflex Group, has appointed Charlie Sheppy as its president-EMEA East....
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