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Other Major Animal Feed Manufacturers
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| Why animal feed companies Animal feed manufacturers provide a lifeline to the agri-biotech companies such as AgrEvo and Monsanto who are forcing unwanted genetically modified (GM) crops onto farmers and the public. Over half of all GM crops grown in the world are fed to animals [1]. All of the companies in this briefing use GM ingredients in their products. They continue to use them even though the effects of this on livestock and on people who eat the meat and dairy products that come from them is unknown. This is particularly disturbing in light of the recent food scares associated with animal feed, such as the BSE crisis, the Belgian dioxin contamination crisis and recent reports that French livestock have been fed sewage sludge. Through pressure from activists, campaigners and consumers, human food manufacturers have been forced to use only identity preserved (non-GM) ingredients. There is currently very little incentive for animal feed manufacturers to follow their example. If campaigners can persuade these companies to eliminate GM crops from their products they will be robbing the agri-biotech companies of one of their largest sources of income in the UK. For more information about this see the briefing 'Introduction and Strategic Overview' (details on back page). The animal feed industry |
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| Companies covered in this briefing Trouw (UK) - Minsal Works, Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6DF Tel 01606 561 000 AF PLC - Kinross, New Hall Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 5JX Tel 01772 799 330 Fax 01772 799 334 Cranswick Mill - The Airfield, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, North Humberside, YO25 9PF Tel 01377 270 649 Fax 01377 270 994 Favor Parker - The Hall, Stoke Ferry, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE33 9SE Tel 01366 500 911 Fax 01366 500 907 Carrs Agriculture - Montgomery Way, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2UY Tel 01228 520 212 Fax 01228 512 572 |
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| Trouw (UK) Ltd Trouw UK Ltd manufactures animal feed, vitamin and mineral additives, agricultural chemicals and crop preservatives [3]. It is divided into several divisions, the main two of which are Trouw Nutrition (the animal feeds part of the company) and Trouw Aquaculture (fish feed manufacturers) [4]. Head Office - Minsal Works, Wincham, Northwich, Chests, CW9 6DF Tel: 01606 561 000. Trouw Nutrition - same contact details Other Sites - Trouw Nutrition. 1 Step Field, Wytham, CM8 3AB Tel 01376 513 651 Trouw Nutrition, 36 Ship Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Mill) Trouw Aquaculture - Renfrew Mill, Wright Street, Renfrew, Strathclyde, PA4 8AH Tel 0141 842 6501 Fax 0141 842 6504 (Mill shared with BOCM Pauls (see BOCM briefing) Manager David Lewin) Who owns Trouw (UK)? Owned by Rabobank Nederland which is in turn owned by Netherlands-based animal and fish feed business, Nutreco Holdings NV (Netherlands) [2]. Financial Details Turnover £105 million. Pre-Tax Profit £5 million in 1997 [2] Number of Employees 289 at end of 1997 [4] Managing Director John Colenso Bank Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Corporate Banking Office, London, EC3 [3] Tel 0171 626 3270 Company position on the use of GM ingredients According to marketing manager Richard Knight they do produce some GM free products. He couldn't comment on the company policy [5]. |
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| AF PLC AF PLC are involved in the manufacture, sale and distribution of animal feeds, the marketing, drying and storage of grain and the distribution of fertilisers, seeds and crop protection products. The company was originally set up as an agricultural co-op. [2] Head Office Kinross, New Hall Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 5JX Tel 01772 799 330 Fax 01772 799 334 Also a mill Other Sites Cumbria House, Stalker Road, Penrith, Cumbria (Mill) York Road, Pocklington, Yorks, YO4 2NS. Tel 01759 302 027. Fax 01759 305 475. Four Winds, The Heath, Wellingore, Lincoln, Lincs, LN5 0DA. Tel 01522 810 638. Fax 01522 810 051 (Mill) 4 Bridge North, Livestock Centre, Bridgnorth, Salop, WV16 4QB Biggar Mill, Dalbeattie, Kirkudbrightshire, DG5 4BD. Tel 01556 610 414. Fax 01556 611 066 (Mill) Subsidiaries of AF PLC AF Cumbria Ltd, AF Northern Ltd and AF Scotland Ltd. Financial Details Turnover £92 million. Pre-Tax Loss £385,000 in 1997 [2] Number of Employees 422 in November 1997 [3] Managing Director Steven Clarke Bank NatWest, PO Box 54, 35 Fishergate, Preston, Lancs, PR1 2AD[3] Tel 01772 258 276 Company position on the use of GM ingredients According to Sales and Marketing Manager, Roger Thompson: "At this stage in reality, I don't think with the state of the general raw material marketÖ that there's anything that we can get from our suppliers in the way of GMO free raw materials." [6] |
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| Cranswick Mill Cranswick Mill specialises in the manufacture of pig feed [2] and is also a pig wholesaler [3]. It is a subsidiary of Cranswick PLC, which shares the same address. The parent company also produces pet and bird food [3]. Head Office The Airfield, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, North Humberside, YO25 9PF Tel 01377 270 649 Fax 01377 270 994. (Mill) Who owns Cranswick Mill? Cranswick PLC [2] - The Airfield, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, North Humberside, YO25 9PF. Tel 01377 270 649 Financial Details Turnover £90.4 million. Pre-Tax Profit £5.8 million in 1997 [2] Number of Employees 45 people in March 1998 [3] Managing Director M Davey Bank Midland Bank PLC, 389 Woodchurch Rd, Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, L42 8PF [3] Tel 0151 802 5956 Company position on the use of GM ingredients Not available |
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| Favor Parker Favor Parker is a subsidiary of Grampian Country Foods Ltd, the UK's largest suppliers of chickens. Grampian supplies 700,000 chickens a week to Sainsbury's, Tesco, Somerfield, Asda and other supermarkets [7]. In September this year the company announced that it had begun to phase out the routine use of antibiotic growth promoters in its chickens [8]. Favor Parker specialises in pig and poultry feeds. Head Office The Hall, Stoke Ferry, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE33 9SE Tel 01366 500 911 Fax 01366 500 907 Other Sites Northbridge St, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5NY. Tel 01580 880 345. Fax 01580 881 822. (Mill producing feed for broiler chickens). Who owns Favor Parker? Grampian Country Food Group Ltd [9]- Mugiemoss Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Tel 01224 696113 Financial Details Turnover £77.9 million. Pre-Tax Profit £1.7 million. Year end 31 March 1998 [2] Number of Employees 166 in May 1997 [3] Managing Director Chris Hitchins Bank Lloyds Bank PLC, 1 Tuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JU [3] Tel 01553 691 166 Company position on the use of GM ingredients Not available |
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| Carrs Agriculture Carrs Agriculture is part of Carrs Milling Industries PLC which also has a flour mill and an agricultural engineering division. In September 1998 Carrs Agriculture formed a joint venture with Criddle Billington Agriculture to form Carrs Billington Agriculture. The new company manufactures feed for both companies [10]. Carrs Agriculture shares its head office address with Calltech Biotechnology, another subsidiary of Carrs Milling Industries [9]. This company produces micro ingredients, such as enzymes, for animal feed [11]. Head Office Montgomery Way, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2UY Tel 01228 520 212. Fax 01228 512 572 Other Sites Montalbo Road, Barnard Castle, DL12 8ED Tel 01833 637 537 Fax 01833 638 010 Carrs Billlington Agriculture, Carlisle Mill, Parkhill Road, Carlisle, Cumbria Mill producing sheep, lamb and dairy feed Carrs Billington Agriculture, Stone Mill, Stone, Staffs. Mill Who owns Carrs Agriculture? Carrs Milling Industries PLC, Old Croft, Stanwix, Carlisle, CA3 9BA Tel 01228 528 291 [9] Financial Details Turnover £55.1 million. Pre-Tax Profit £1.2 million. Year end 30 Aug 1997 [2] Number of Employees 245 in August 1997 [3] Managing Director David Bradley Manager Mr Wilson Bank Clydesdale Bank PLC, 12 Bank St, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 8HD [3] Tel 01228 401 444 Company position on the use of GM ingredients Not available |
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| Footnotes 1. Conversations with MAFF and UKASTA July -September 1999 2. Key Note Report: Animal Feed 1999 3. Key British Enterprises 1999. Dun and Bradstreet 4. Trouw (UK) Ltd Directors Report and Financial Statement 1997 5. Conversation with company July 1999 6. Conversation with company August 1999 7. Farmers Weekly 9 February 1999 8. Guardian 1 September 1999 9. Who owns Whom 1999. Dun and Bradstrreet 10. Carrs Milling Industries Annual Report 1998 11. Green Pages. Animal Health and Nutrition Manufacturers |
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