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April 26, 2013

26/04/2013: Science firm acquires feedmill; grain ships have biggest fall this year; donated animal feed arrives in West Cumbria

Devenish Nutrition has taken a significant stride into the GB market with the acquisition of Hi Peak Feeds Ltd, the leading multi-species specialist organic feed manufacturer based near Sheffield.

Devenish see the purchase as an opportunity to get closer to and enhance the product and service offering to their customers in GB. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for both companies to showcase further and expand their innovative nutritional and technical offering in the GB market” said Patrick Mc Laughlin, CEO of Devenish Nutrition GB and Ireland.

“Both Devenish Nutrition and Hi Peak Feeds Ltd are passionate about innovation, integrity and building lasting partnerships with customers to improve the performance of their business and believe this will be further enhanced by this deal" said Ian Proctor, director of Hi Peak Feeds Ltd. Devenish Nutrition currently supply innovative nutritional solutions and technical support to Hi Peak Feeds Ltd, and both Ian Proctor and his sister Karen Hotchin will continue to develop the business alongside Devenish Nutrition.  


Rates for dry bulk carriers hauling grains and minerals fell the most in a single session this year as demand for cargoes slowed.

Day rates for Panamaxes, 750-foot-long ships capable of hauling about 75,000 metric tons of cargo, slid 3.8 percent to $8,955, the most since Dec 20, according to the Baltic Exchange in London, which publishes shipping prices on more than 50 maritime routes. Today’s decrease, the third in a row, means costs plunged to the lowest since April 12, exchange data shows. 


Fifty-five bales of donated fodder were delivered to the hill farmers of south Cumbria who lost thousands of sheep in snow blizzards and are seriously running low on food to give to their stock.

A Househam Sprayer Ltd lorry, which set off at 4am from the town of Leadenham in Lincolnshire, arrived in a lay-by just north of Bootle in Cumbria at 8.30am with the load of haylage and silage which would have been sold into the equestrian market but was held back by a Lincolnshire farmer called Andrew Ward.


English: Field of Grain
English: Field of Grain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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