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NovaPro picks up RABDF Innovation Award
The formal presentation of the Royal Dairy Innovation Award was made by HRH The Princess Royal last week to the NovaPro feed product. The award, sponsored by CIEL Livestock, was made at the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers...
PGRO calls for investment in UK pulse crops
UK pulse crops could play a significant part in future environmentally sustainable farming systems as well as substituting for imported protein feeds, says the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO). This could be...
NMR ahead as dairy testing demand grows
Milk testing and dairy herd management specialist National Milk Records (NMR) has reported increased full year profitability and sales, with growing demand for dairy testing services. The business has posted an operating profit of...
Former AHDB director for CIEL
Phil Bicknell is the new head of business development at the Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) one of the government’s agritech catalyst centres. Mr Bicknell joins from the AHDB, where he was market intelligence...
NFU calls for delay in direct support cuts
Ahead of this week’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, the NFU has called for a delay in the post-Brexit farm subsidy cuts in England. It says postponing the planned reductions in Basic Payment Scheme support in the 2022 and 2023 scheme years in England...
New joint venture oat mill project for Northants
Three cereal chain businesses are collaborating over a new joint venture oat processing plant in Northamptonshire to meet growing demand for the crop as a food and drink ingredient. Navara Oat Milling is jointly owned by Anglia...
£3.5m upgrade for DLF’s Inkberrow seed plant
Danish multinational DLF Seeds, the world’s leading grass seed breeder, is to invest £3.5 million in upgrading its main seed processing site at its UK headquarters premises at Inkberrow in Worcestershire. The investment follows a £3m...
