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AtlasFram Group’s pools deliver industry-leading returns

Members who marketed their combinable crops through the AtlasFram Group’s April to June 2012 pools achieved substantially higher returns compared to the competition. For a 1000-acre arable farm following a typical rotation of winter wheat, beans, two winter wheats and oilseed rape, the difference was worth £35.59 per acre, representing a total additional income of £35,587.AtlasFram Members who marketed wheat through the Group’s feed wheat pool benefited from a return of £166.05 per tonne, £12.05/t higher than a leading competitor, while Group 3 soft wheat achieved £169.05/t, a £10.05/t

Leading UK farmers’ cooperative wins Anglian Business Award

6th July 2012 AtlasFram Group, the UK’s foremost farmer-owned cooperative, has triumphed at the 2012 Anglian Business Awards, winning the ‘Medium to Large Business’ category. Open to any business with an annual turnover exceeding £5 million and which can demonstrate enterprise, commitment to staff and corporate social responsibility, the Award was presented at a gala dinner attended by over 300 guests in Ipswich, Suffolk.Established in 1960, the Suffolk-based AtlasFram Group is a highly-successful farmer-owned cooperative with an annual turnover of £168 million and an exceptionally

New oilseeds contracts maximise returns to AtlasFram Members

Farmers who are Members of the AtlasFram Group, the UK’s foremost inputs purchasing and grain marketing co-operative, can now benefit from two new oilseed rape marketing contracts as part of the Group’s highly-successful alliance with ADM Direct.The first offers AtlasFram Members an additional £15 per tonne premium over and above normal quality premiums for standard double-zero oilseed rape, for the next five years. It is available to Members whose farms are certified by Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), one of the leading organisations promoting sustainable food and farming. The

AtlasFram Advisor wins top Animal Health Industry Awards

Emilie Wix, a Livestock and Animal Health Specialist with AtlasFram Group, the UK’s leading farm input purchasing and crop marketing cooperative, has won two of the Animal Health Industry’s top Awards. They were presented to her during the 2012 Animal Health Distributors Association (AHDA) Conference and Exhibition at Hinckley, Leicestershire. A key event for the animal health industry which is attended by 500 senior personnel, it is sponsored by OverTheCounter, Pfizer, Trilanco, Novartis, Norbrook, Provimi, MSD Animal Health, CoxAgri, Elanco and Merial.The first of Emilie’s Awards, ‘Top R-

AtlasFram Members benefit from special relationship with Goodyear

Members of AtlasFram Group, the UK’s leading farm input purchasing and crop marketing cooperative, now benefit from a unique agreement which it has negotiated with Goodyear, the leading manufacturer of agricultural and industrial tyres. All of AtlasFram’s 1250 farmer/landowner Members have now been enrolled in the exclusive Goodyear Agri Club, which offers a number of significant financial and technical benefits.17th January 2012 Members of AtlasFram Group, the UK’s leading farm input purchasing and crop marketing cooperative, now benefit from a unique agreement which it has negotiated

Survey highlights big differences in Buying Groups’ membership charges

A comparison of buying group membership charges conducted by AtlasFram Group, the UK’s leading farmer-owned inputs purchasing and crop marketing business, has highlighted dramatic differences in the cost of belonging to such an organisation.“Farmers might assume that the cost of belonging to a buying group and the benefits of doing so are much the same, but our research shows that is not the case. In some cases the differences in charges is over 50 per cent, so farmers should look closely at what they are being asked to pay and question whether it represents value for money,” states Richard

Record year for farmers’ cooperative

Monday 28th November 2011 AtlasFram Group, one of the UK’s leading farmer-owned cooperatives, has announced record results for the financial year to 30thJune 2011.  The Group, which purchases farm inputs and markets combinable crops on behalf of its 1060 Members who farm more than 275,000 hectares throughout the UK, achieved a 20.8% increase in turnover to £168 million, while financial reserves rose to a record £2.5 million. At 1.03%, the cost-to-turnover ratio of the business was significantly lower that for comparative cooperatives, highlighting the high level of operating efficiency

AtlasFram fuel scheme saves harvest costs

Innovative fuel futures scheme allows farming co-operative’s18th July 2011 An innovative forward-ordering scheme which enables its Members to fix the cost of fuel for delivery during the harvest period has been launched by AtlasFram Group, the UK’s leading inputs farm purchasing and crop marketing business. “Following significant fluctuations in the price of fuel during the last two or three years many of our Members asked us if it was possible to purchase this key input in advance, at a known price, so that they could budget more accurately. Until now, however, it has generally been

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