Agricultural supplies and crop marketing co-operative Fram Farmers has appointed two hugely experienced agribusiness executives to its board. David Sheppard joins the Fram board after retiring from ADM...
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AHDB recommends 35 new varieties for 2022/23
The AHDB Recommended List of cereal and oilseed varieties for the 2022/23 season sees 35 new varieties added and 23 delisted. Winter wheat There are two new UK Flour Millers (UKFM – formerly nabim) Group 1 varieties – both spring...
Record gas prices lead to UK AN fertiliser shutdown
A steep rise in gas feedstock prices has seen CF Industries decide to close its two UK ammonium nitrate fertiliser factories, while Yara International has also announced a reduction in its ammonia production. A terse statement from US based CF Industries, parent to...
ADM UK grain contracts to reduce carbon footprint
Grain merchant ADM Agriculture is to help its farmer suppliers better understand the greenhouse gas (GHG) implications of their crops, in a move that is supported by ADM’s UK processing companies. This is part of a wider initiative by the multinational to mitigate GHG...
Invivo and Soufflet merger nears
The merger of two French multinational grain trading businesses is imminent, with InVivo expecting to formally agree to acquire Groupe Soufflet within the next fortnight. In January this year, the two companies announced that they were in exclusive talks to create a...
ADM Agriculture sole supplier for ADM Tilbury
ADM Agriculture, the UK grain merchanting business within multinational Archers Daniel Midland, is to become the sole supplier of domestic milling wheat to ADM Milling’s Tilbury flour mill in Essex from harvest 2021. Tilbury is one of ADM Milling’s seven UK flour...