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New chairman for BASIS
The new BASIS chairman is Produce World and Burgess Farms’ chairman, William Burgess, who succeeds Chris Clarke. BASIS chief executive Stephen Jacob notes that Mr Burgess is an experienced businessman with a raft of knowledge and contacts throughout the food and...
Data specialist for Wynnstay dairy team
The Wynnstay Group has strengthened its dairy services team with the appointment of David Jones, who will cover the West Midlands and neighbouring parts of Wales. Mr Jones, who is from a dairy farming background, has over a decade of experience in the UK ruminant feed...
New probiotic made from brewers’ grains
Embion Technologies, a Greek food tech business seeking to reduce wastage, has launched an animal feed prebiotic product that is manufactured from brewers' spent grains. Prembion is a hydrolysate, a source of active nutrients manufactured from brewers’ spent grains -...
Be prepared for post-Brexit EU trade
As the end of the EU withdrawal transition period - December 31st 2020 – rapidly approaches, agrisupply businesses importing products from, or exporting goods to the EU are urged to ensure they are fully conversant with new operating procedures. All agribusiness...
Greencore exits molasses with sale to UM
The Greencore Group has agreed to sell its share of a joint venture Irish molasses trading business to its partner United Molasses, part of W&R Barnett, subject to regulatory approvals. It marks the end of Greencore's involvement in agricultural supply and processing...
Defra drops greening rules from BPS
The government has announced it has removed greening rules from the direct payments regime for 2021, the first yearo f farm support outside the CAP. As a result, farmers claiming BPS will no longer be required to comply with rules about crop diversification,...
RABDF: Covid-19 dairy support falls short
In a response to a call for evidence from the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee, the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has highlighted how the Government could have supported British dairy farmers better during the pandemic....