Martin Dawkins of Bayer becomes ECPA Acting President
Martin Dawkins, Region Head Europe, Middle East & Africa for Bayer CropScience, will take over the role of ECPA President on 1 January 2015. The association’s current president, Jean-Philippe Azoulay of DuPont, will step aside on that date to take a new position in the DuPont Nutrition and Health business. Azoulay was elected to the […]
New research leader to improve wheat genomics joins TGAC and TSL
As Triticeae Genomics Group Leader, Dr Krasileva will be responsible for the generation, integration, investigation and release of improved genomic data for wheat and other Triticeae species. The third most-produced cereal worldwide, bread wheat has one of the most complex genomes. With over a 100,000 genes, compared to the human genome containing about 20,000, the […]
Moy Park grower commended for progressive farming
Moy Park grower, Graham McIlroy, has received a highly commended award in the Progressive Farmer of the Year category at the 2014 Farm Business Food and Farming Industry Awards held at the House of Commons. Graham, who owns McIlroy’s Chickens in Aghadowey, Northern Ireland, was recognised by the judges for his use of modern, welfare […]
Richard Williamson joins Beeswax Farming
Richard Williamson is joining Beeswax Farming as Managing Director. He joins from Velcourt Limited, the farming company where he started in 1987 and rose to his position on the Board as Farms Director with responsibility for a team managing farmland in the South and South West of England. David Fursdon, Chairman of Beeswax Farming, […]
Countrywide Farmers business disposal announced
Leading supplier of products, services and advice to the rural community, Countrywide Farmers, has announced the disposal of its Livestock Feed and Forage, Arable Products and Crop Marketing businesses for a total combined consideration of £18.5m. “This has been a difficult decision,” said John Hardman, Countrywide Farmers Chief Executive, “and comes at the end of […]
SPS 2014 – RPA creates new record on first day payments
Figures issued today (8 December) show the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has already surpassed last year’s performance on Single Payment Scheme (SPS) by making more payments than ever before on the first banking day of the payment window, meeting its end of December targets four weeks ahead of schedule. The Agency paid out £1,370,328,624 to […]
New 2015 cross compliance guidance available online now
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is advising all farmers and food producers who want to claim the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), or have a Rural Development Programme land-based agreement, to read the latest cross compliance guidance for 2015 which is published on GOV.UK today. RPA Customer Director Justin Chamberlain said: Our recent Common Agricultural […]
New £3m grass seed mixing plant opens in Scotland
Grass breeding company DLF-Trifolium opened a new, state-of-the-art, mixing and distribution centre just outside Edinburgh last week. At £3million, this is the largest investment in grass mixtures ever seen in the UK. The new 4,000m2 site will produce all the forage grass mixtures the company sells, and has the capacity to supply up to half of […]
New Service Manager for Kellands
Alex takes up his new role on 1 January 2015 and will lead the team that maintains Kellands renowned range of Agribuggy sprayers and Multidrive self-propelled vehicles. Alex brings a wealth of experience to his new role after an 11-year career as a service engineer with Kellands and is now looking forward to the challenge […]
