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Technical manager for FMC
Crop protection company FMC has appointed Kirsty McKenzie as a commercial technical manager as part of its continued expansion. Miss McKenzie has worked in both field trials and technical product roles, most recently with Adama, but...
Weather affects maize silage quality and consistency
Early analysis of 2023 maize silage samples show lower energy levels than in previous seasons, so the forages will need careful supplementation. Averaging the first 750 forages tested by Trouw Nutrition GB’s Ashbourne laboratory...
AIC Conference addresses food security and natural capital
Last month’s AIC Agribusiness Conference in Peterborough, "Working with Natural Capital within the agri-food supply chain", was the best attended since the Confederation was established 20 years ago. The event saw the launch of the...
South American weather drives soya and Australia rapeseed
The main driver in the oilseeds market has been the South American weather recently, but with imports into the EU slowing and a large Australian crop ready to be shipped - when growers there like the prices - rapeseed is coming under...
Million tonne milestone for Carr’s Kirkaldy Flour Mill
Carr’s Flour Mills and Forth Ports are marking the millionth tonne of wheat delivered to Kirkaldy Harbour in Scotland by ship since 2011. A major rebuild of Carr’s Kirkaldy flour mill and its associated dockside intake was completed...
BayWa’s Q3 trading normalises after 2022
A third quarter trading statement from the BayWa Group shows Cefetra’s year to date financials are down from the high figures of a year ago, in line with the rest of the parent Group. BayWa has also divested its precision agriculture...
New president for the RABDF
Allan Wilkinson, head of agrifoods at HSBC UK, is the new president of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF). He succeeds Lord Ewen Cameron in the office. Mr Wilkinson was raised on a North Yorkshire dairy farm, but...
InVivo completes United Malt acquisition
Malteries Soufflet, a subsidiary of the French agribusiness cooperative InVivo, has completed its AUS$1.5 billion takeover of Australia’s United Malt, following regulatory clearances in its markets. The deal, which creates the...
First new RL milling wheat since 2017
The new AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) for cereals and oilseeds 2024/25, published this week, see fewer new varieties added than those removed as outclassed, leading to a shorter list for most major crops. The Board highlights the...
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