News
Openfield named as seventh largest UK co-operative
August 29th 2019
Openfield Group, the British farmer-owned co-operative, has been named as one of the leading co-operatives in the UK. The National business is listed as the seventh largest on the Co-op Economy top ten co-ops, published by Co-operatives UK yesterday. Openfield is proud to be Britain’s only national grain marketing and arable inputs co-operative. It is […]
Read more
Openfield appoints transport and supply chain logistics expert to its Board
July 8th 2019
Openfield Group, the British farmer-owned co-operative, has today announced it has further strengthened its non-executive management team by appointing, Ranald Forbes to its Board. Mr Forbes has over thirty years’ of valuable senior leadership experience of logistics and transport distribution, working in a variety of management roles across both the retail and food manufacturing markets. […]
Read more
Better buying, better selling – Lessons learned are hard won
July 2nd 2019
This year in particular, farmers will be facing a tough choice on OSR. By Tom Allen-Stevens, editor of CPM Magazine Whether you grow oilseed rape for next harvest may depend on how badly you were burnt by the crop this year. Lee Bennett, Openfield’s head of seeds business, is keen to see that growers dress […]
Read moreWarning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /srv/users/openfield/apps/openfield/public/wp-content/themes/karolo/index.php on line 26
Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /srv/users/openfield/apps/openfield/public/wp-content/themes/karolo/index.php on line 26
Food production should be valued, not taken for granted
May 6th 2019
Openfield’s head of research, compliance and shipping says that food prices are a hot topic for governments because much of our livestock relies on imported feed which is not easily grown in the UK. Food prices are a hot topic for any government and ours seems almost obsessed with them. History has proven that a […]
Read moreWarning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /srv/users/openfield/apps/openfield/public/wp-content/themes/karolo/index.php on line 26
Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /srv/users/openfield/apps/openfield/public/wp-content/themes/karolo/index.php on line 26
Openfield appoints former Berry Gardens CEO to its Board
April 3rd 2019
Openfield Group Limited, the British farmer-owned co-operative, has today announced it has strengthened its non-executive management team by appointing, Nicholas Marston to its Board. Mr Marston oversaw significant growth of the UK berry growers’ co-operative Berry Gardens between 1996 and 2017. In this time the company grew from a turnover of £18 million, with a […]
Read more
Planning for new season fertiliser?
March 21st 2019
One of Openfield’s Fertiliser Traders, Lucy Hassall, encourages farmers to plan ahead and get ready for the new season of fertiliser buying. The end of February saw record breaking temperatures allowing farmers to apply their spring applications earlier than expected. Those that were ordered by mid-January had their requirements on farm to use when needed. […]
Read moreSay hello - Events
