All news articles for March 2021

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Commission pressed on regulation of new plant breeding techniques

By Jane Byrne

A large coalition of NGOs, campaign groups, farmers and business organizations have written to vice president of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, calling on him to ensure all organisms derived from new genetic engineering techniques continue to be...

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Milling and equipment experts Wynveen and Ottevanger to merge

By Jane Byrne

Specializing in process equipment and feed mill design and manufacture, Dutch companies, Wynveen International, and Ottevanger Milling Engineers, part of the Triott Group, are to be integrated as one company from the start of next month.

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Hired and Retired: People on the move in March 2021

By Jane Byrne

Changes at the top in Cargill this month, as well on the board of ForFarmers; we also repot on recent recruitment to aid expansion plans at Devenish, a new buyer at former foodstuffs to feed processor, SugaRich, and a new nutrition hire at Anitox.

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Nutreco sets out bold new sustainability strategy

By Jane Byrne

Nutreco looks to accelerate action to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, address climate change and decouple the business from deforestation risk in its new sustainability strategy.

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Devenish seeking investment for global expansion

By Jane Byrne

This week saw the Northern Ireland located agri technology company, Devenish, set out international growth plans and announce a strategy to raise capital in order to realize those ambitions.

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Plugging gaps in knowledge around mycotoxin impacts in poultry

By Jane Byrne

A review of the literature sees that Ochratoxin A (OTA), a widespread mycotoxin, can affect gut dysbiosis in birds, including increasing gut permeability, immunity, and bacterial translocation, eventually leading to gut and other organ injury.