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Chris Holmes bows out from Carr’s Group
Carr’s non-executive chairman Chris Holmes has retired from the company after 29 years in leadership roles. Mr Holmes joined the then Carr’s Milling Industries in 1991 as managing director of the Agriculture division, becoming group chief executive three years later...
Challenging start for Carr’s in Q1
The mild winter weather so far, combined with high forage stocks – the reverse of the previous year – have reduced the Carr’s Group’s UK finished feed and feed products sales. A trading statement released at the company’s annual general meeting this week noted that...
Farmers Weekly stable changes hands
Reed Business Information Ltd (RBI), a division of the Anglo Dutch conglomerate RELX, is to divest its Farmers Weekly branded portfolio of print and digital agricultural trade media and events to independent publisher the Mark Allen Group. It is the first change of...
Cargill aims to cut supply chain emissions
Multinational agricultural commodities trader Cargill has committed to reducing its supply chain greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by the year 2030. The company suggests this aligns it with many of its customers, who have similar goals. Cargill had previously announced...
Earlybird winter planting survey to be repeated in spring
The annual AHDB Earlybird survey of UK winter crop plantings shows swings towards spring barley and away from winter oilseed rape. But the exceptionally wet autumn that has disrupted growers drilling intentions means the estimates are perhaps less reliable than in...
Villiers fails to convince over defence of UK farm standards
Defra secretary of state Theresa Villiers, opening this week’s Oxford Farming Conference in the wake of the new Conservative Party majority in Parliament, said the post-Brexit agriculture era is almost upon us. But she failed to convince delegates that UK farm and...
End of an era at Mole Valley Farmers
Mole Valley Farmers (MVF) chief executive Andrew Jackson has announced his intention to retire from the position after 20 years of service. He will be succeeded by the co-operative’s current retail sales and operations director Jack Cordery. The board’s succession...
