John Deere dealer Ben Burgess acquires Anker of Coates
With its headquarters in Norwich and an additional three outlets in Norfolk and Suffolk, Ben Burgess celebrated its 80th anniversary last year. As a dealer of agricultural, horticultural and construction machinery, it has held the John Deere franchise for nearly 50 years. The current Anker’s operations at both the existing Coates and Ellington sites in […]
New Man at Herbert
Richard, who lives in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, joins Herbert from crop ventilation and air conditioning company, Omnivent Techniek and brings with him huge experience of the farm market, having spent 24 years with grading equipment manufacturers, D W Downs. Managing director, Nick Herbert, said: “We are very pleased indeed to welcome Richard to […]
All change in the PelGar team
Richard Applegarth has been promoted to UK Sales Manager. Richard will continue to look after the eastern territory, where he has been building PelGar’s business over the past 15 months, but he will now take over the responsibility for PelGar’s key accounts and will be working closely with PelGar’s UK regional managers David Gill and […]
UK trade in agricultural engineering first half 2013
Provisional data from HM Revenue & Customs for the half year for agricultural engineering products shows the value of exports at £903 million against imports of £940 million, giving a trade deficit of £37 million. These figures reflect an increase in exports of some 8.9% overall; within the total, agricultural tractors were up 11.8%, mainstream […]
How good an investment is farmland?
As global population growth is expected to reach nine billion in 2040 and with some predictions putting the population in 2050 as high as ten billion, the future outlook for land resources looks bright. There is an attraction to utilise less marginal land for renewable energy production through a range of resources whether it be […]
Rural Innovation Centre opens
The Rural Innovation Centre, based at Stoneleigh Park, has been created to support small firms in rural areas of Warwickshire as part of a major initiative to boost the rural economy. The centre has 16 offices to suit businesses ranging in size from two to six people, and will offer a host of advice and […]
SunConnex appoints new CEO
Steven Pleging is well known in the PV industry following several successful management positions he fulfilled at multinational companies including Philips, Ecostream International and Colexon Energy AG. Steven has a longstanding relationship with the owner of SunConnex, Kie Tan who believes his experience building his own consulting firm TeamSolar BV founded in 2009, will equip […]
First Milk appoint former Food & Farming Minister Sir Jim Paice as new chairman
Sir Jim is currently Member of Parliament for South East Cambridgeshire, a position he has held since 1987. During his Parliamentary career, he has held a number of ministerial and shadow ministerial positions, most recently he served as Minister of State for Agriculture & Food in the Coalition Government from 2010 – 12. First Milk […]
The UK Agricultural Equipment Market in the first half of 2013
Tractors are generally the best indicator of activity and 6,677 units of over 50 hp were registered between January and June, a decrease of 19.7% on the previous year. The average power has continued to move up, to 147.6 hp this year. The next major sub-sector of the market is the combine harvester; sales have […]
