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Diana Overton is the new managing director of the UK’s largest arable marketing business, Frontier Agriculture, as the culmination of what the company calls a “carefully considered two-year succession plan.” She succeeds Mark Aitchison, architect of the 2005 merger of the UK agricultural merchanting interests of Associated British Foods (ABF) and Cargill. #AssociatedBritishFoods #BritishSugar #Cargill #FrontierAgriculture #NavaraOatMilling #OxburyBank #RoyalAgriculturalBenevolentInstitution(RABI)

Mars Horsecare has appointed Fiona Cayzer as general manager, succeeding Gordon Smith who retired at the end of 2024. Ms Cayzer is currently chief financial officer of the UK business. She joined Mars Horsecare in 2013 and has since held a succession of finance roles across the UK and US. #MarsHorsecare

ForFarmers is to collaborate with a UK biotechnology company to investigate the use of microalgae protein, grown with CO2 emissions from industrial processes, as a feed material. The Dutch company is working with Remediiate, a Surrey-based business chaired by former ForFarmers director #NickMajor. The two companies have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in the UK. #ForFarmers #Remediiate #SwanseaUniversity #ValeNickel

Defra secretary of state Steve Reed has announced a new integrated national food strategy for 2025. While details have yet to be formally revealed, the AIC has welcomed the move, which it has long called for. Mr Reed unveiled the plan in a group call to a number of people and organisations late in December. #AgriculturalIndustriesConfederation #Defra

The annual series of PGRO/Syngenta Pulse Potential Roadshows for 2025 will feature research from Syngenta that suggests new developments in biological crop protection products could bring better establishment and more consistent yields in pulse crops. #ProcessorsandGrowersResearchOrganisation #Syngenta

A survey from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) has found that the farm let sector remained stable in 2023, despite fears that owners would take land back in-hand for environmental uses. The survey, which the Association runs every year, also revealed that the overall let area has remained static since 2003, when the CAP area payment system started. #CentralAssociationofAgriculturalValuers

“If you are unwilling to disrupt yourself, there will always be someone willing to disrupt your business for you.” - Marc Randolph, Netflix Cofounder. Back in 2000, Blockbuster, a store-based movie rental business, turned down an offer to buy an upstart mail-order subscription movie rental business called Netflix for $50 million. #EFFP

Cambridge-based biologicals developer Pangaea Biosciences has appointed Paul Johnson as its business development manager for the UK and Ireland. Mr Johnson joins from Barenbrug UK, where he has been managing director for 29 years. #BarenbrugUK #PangaeaBiosciences

The From Soya to Sustainability conference on January 22nd will explore ways to integrate domestic beans and other pulse crops into livestock diets, to reduce the need for imported soya products. #Agrii #BritishOnFarmInnovationNetwork(BOFIN) #CompassioninWorldFarming #JamesHuttonInstitute #McArthurBDC #NitrogenEfficientPlantsforClimateSmartArableCroppingSystems(NCS) #ProcessorsandGrowersResearchOrganisation