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New faces at the Elta Group
Air filtration and treatment specialist the Elta Group has made two new appointments to its agricultural businesses Harry Atkinson will overseeing the growth of the group’s portfolio of farming brands, including Hydor, specialist...
Arla executive to lead the AHDB
Graham Wilkinson, global vice president agriculture at Arla Foods, is to be the new chief executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). He succeeds Tim Rycroft, the former Food and Drink Federation...
New business manager for Pangaea
Pangaea Biosciences has appointed Andy Aspinall to the new post of business development manager for the UK and Ireland. The new role aims to drive new business through national distribution companies. Mr Aspinall brings 38 years of...
BCPC outstanding service awards
The BCPC has made two awards for outstanding services to the crop production industry in 2023 - to Hazel Doonan of the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and Sarah Cowlrick of the Association of Independent Agronomists...
Steve Barclay succeeds Coffey at Defra
The government reshuffle this week sees Steve Barclay MP replace Therese Coffey as Secretary of State at Defra. Dr Coffey resigned her post to return to the back benches, having first moved to lead Defra in November 2022 as part of...
Cefetra appoints two grain buyers
Cefetra Grain has appointed two new farm grain buyers to grow its market share in Scotland and the West Midlands. Andrew Geraghty has joined Cefetra’s team for Scotland and the Borders. With a dairy sector background in his native...
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