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Guy Smith for Red Tractor crops chair
Essex arable crop grower Guy Smith has been appointed as chairman of Red Tractor’s Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Sector with effect from November this year. He succeeds Surrey farmer Laurence Matthews after a decade with the assurance body, including two terms as...
Petfood business manager for Trouw
Trouw Nutrition International has appointed a new business development manager in Europe. Jan Soumar has joined Trouw Nutrition’s Pet Team Europe as pet regional business development manager for Western and Central Eastern Europe. Mr Soumar joined the company in 2003...
Technical strength for Cargill’s pig team
Cargill’s UK pig team has a new member, Jason Evans. Mr Evans joins the team as technical sales manager, bringing 30 years of experience in the UK pig production industry to his new post. Mr Evans spent 20 years managing pig units for Midland Pig Producers before...
Former Dreyfus executive for Carr’s board
Kristen Eshak Weldon is to join the Carr’s Group board as an independent non-executive director from October 1st 2020. The Carlisle-based company says her extensive strategic experience in creating and appraising investment opportunities, added to her knowledge of...
New chairman for BASIS
The new BASIS chairman is Produce World and Burgess Farms’ chairman, William Burgess, who succeeds Chris Clarke. BASIS chief executive Stephen Jacob notes that Mr Burgess is an experienced businessman with a raft of knowledge and contacts throughout the food and...
Data specialist for Wynnstay dairy team
The Wynnstay Group has strengthened its dairy services team with the appointment of David Jones, who will cover the West Midlands and neighbouring parts of Wales. Mr Jones, who is from a dairy farming background, has over a decade of experience in the UK ruminant feed...