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Herb disease control project wins BASIS award
The 2021 BASIS Paul Singleton Award has been won by Vitacress trainee growing manager Lukasz Sipior, with a presentation at the Cereals event last month. The award is made to the candidate with the highest number of marks for the research element of the Certificate in...
Leics farmer for GWCT Allerton role
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has appointed Leicestershire farmer Joe Stanley as the new head of training and partnerships at its Allerton Project demonstration farm. He succeeds Phil Jarvis, who stepped down from the role after 29 years to become...
New sales manager for Micromix-Olmix
Crop biostimulants and micronutrient specialist Micromix-Olmix has appointed Grant James as its UK and Ireland sales manager. Mr James moves from Nufarm where he was UK business development manager. He started his career in practical farming, before moving to Westward...
New staff for RDP Marketing
RDP Marketing has recruited Russ Henderson, Chris Alway and Meg Bullock to the agency as its new creative director, designer and account executive respectively. The appointments will enhance its current service offering for existing and potential clients in the...
Research co-ordinator for Cargill
Cargill UK has appointed Dr Clare Gaukroger as research co-ordinator for its pig team. In her new post, Dr Gaukroger will establish trials and manage data collection, analysis and interpretation for a wide range of projects on the company’s two UK reference farms. She...
Non-exec for Wynnstay
The Wynnstay Group has appointed food industry executive Catherine Bradshaw as a non-executive director with effect from July 1st. The chartered accountant has over 20 years’ experience in financial and general management roles, primarily in the food industry. She is...