Leading farmers’ cooperative reports healthy financial results
Annual results announced today by AtlasFram Group show that despite significant challenges from the weather and volatile markets during the financial year to 30thJune 2012, the UK’s leading farmer-owned farm inputs purchasing and crop marketing cooperative recorded another very successful year.AtlasFram Group, which purchases farm inputs and markets combinable crops on behalf of 1060 Members who farm more than 275,000 hectares throughout the UK, achieved a turnover of £169 million, an increase of £17 million on the previous year. Purchasing turnover increased by 9.2%, while financial