The annual meeting of Pulses UK (formerly the British Edible Pulse Association) earlier this month saw Lewis Cottey, pulse trader at Gleadell Agriculture, elected president, with James Maguire, national sales specialist at KWS-UK becoming vice-president. Mr Cottey...
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has completed its full acquisition of the Gleadell Agriculture arable marketing business, and will now proceed to merge all its UK merchanting interests into a single ADM Agriculture company. In January, ADM announced it had agreed to buy...
US multinational Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has acquired 100% ownership of Gleadell Agriculture, subject to regulatory review, in a move that will lead it to consolidate all its UK grain trading and feed material supply activities under a single ADM Agriculture...
The British Edible Pulse Association (BEPA) has rebranded itself as Pulses UK, a change that brings it in line with international partners and is more easily understood and recognised by the wider food chain and consumers. Outgoing BEPA president Franek Smith said the...
The winners of the 2018 British Edible Pulse Association (now Pulses UK) pulse competition were announced at the organisation’s annual dinner held near Grantham in late November. The Winter Bean class was won by Suffolk farmers FL Readhead with a sample of Wizard...
Biennial board elections at the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) have resulted in a new chairman and four new board members. Andrew McShane, managing director of Hutchinsons, becomes AIC chairman. He succeeds Nick Major, corporate affairs director of...