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Brinicombe strengthens its B2B business
The Denis Brinicombe Group has restructured and strengthened its B2B Nutrition trade and contract manufacturing arm to support the business across Great Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe. David Mills joins the company as GB business development manager. Mr Mills...
Gavin Millar the new GAFTA president
Gavin Millar has been elected president of the Grain & Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) for the 2020/21 year. He succeeds Swithun Still of the Swiss trading house Solaris Commodities. Mr Millar is managing director of Gemcom, the commodity trading business based in...
Chris Guest to lead LS Plant Breeding
ADM Agriculture’s Chris Guest has been appointed as managing director of Cambridgeshire-based LS Plant Breeding from June 1st 2020. He succeeds Theo Labuda who established the UK business and is retiring after a 40-year seed trade career. Mr Labuda will assume a...
James Barlow to head up ADM Seed
ADM Agriculture has appointed James Barlow to succeed Chris Guest as its head of seed, after Mr Guest moves to lead LS Plant Breeding in June. Mr Barlow is from a Nottinghamshire family farming background. After graduating, he worked as representative for a farm...
ANM raises £64,000 for charity
North-east Scotland agricultural co-operative the ANM Group raised £64,000 for charity at a dinner dance and auction to mark the 30th anniversary of its Thainstone Centre headquarters. The proceeds are being donated to the Aberdeen-based cancer charity Friends of...
Neil Parish back at EFRA Committee
Neil Parish, Conservative Party MP for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon, has been re-elected unopposed as chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons. Mr Parish has chaired the committee since 2015. “The role of the select...
