Cargill JV Frontier Agriculture purchases U.K. farm adviser The Agronomy Partnership for undisclosed sum

Andrew Rogers

LOS ANGELES , February 6, 2012 (Industry Intelligence) – In a bid to expand its advisory services, crop inputs and grain marketing company Frontier Agriculture Ltd. has purchased The Agronomy Partnership, a U.K farm adviser, for an undisclosed sum, Bloomberg reported Feb. 2.

According to a statement posted on Frontier’s website on Feb. 2, Frontier’s team of 95 agronomists will expand as a result of the acquisition.

Over the past two years, Frontier said that it had been demonstrating its desire to expand its agronomy and crop-protection businesses.

Frontier Agriculture is a joint venture between Associated British Foods Plc. and Cargill Inc.

The Agronomy Partnership is located in TAP is located in the English county of Kent.

The primary source of this article is Bloomberg, New York, New York, on Feb. 2, 2012.

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