In focus: Agriculture

While AB Agri’s core business is at the heart of the agriculture industry its activities stretch from the farm all the way to the supermarket shelf. This unique breadth and experience enables it to add value and generate profit for businesses all along the supply chains of the food and drink industry. Today, it supplies products and services to farmers, feed manufacturers, food producers and retailers.

AB Agri has a mission to develop sustainable agricultural models and practices which allow the expansion and development of the agriculture industry without sacrificing the sustainability of our planet. It has a number of businesses which manage and promote the quality, sustainability and traceability of British food, and enhance the environment in which this food is produced.

AB Agri also owns the WildCare brand which is endorsed by The Wildlife Trust. It works to improve the impact that farming has on the British countryside by restoring or creating areas of sustainable natural habitat on farmland, enabling wildlife to thrive.

In seeking to address the impact of agricultural expansion on the environment, the business identified the need for better measurement and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural enterprises.

The AB Agri model considers all of the major factors that have a bearing on greenhouse gases emitted by dairy farms, and focuses specifically on those factors that can be influenced by farmers’ day-to-day management decisions. The model has gone through a rigorous testing programme by scientists at Imperial College, London who specialise in greenhouse gas emissions, and its certification by The Carbon Trust recognises the scientific rigour of this testing, and the model itself.