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Weidemann Thomas Tilly expands the Management Board of Wei- demann GmbH with effect from 1 January 2019 being responsible for R&D. The board of the company now consists of Bernd Apfelbeck, Martin Eppinger and Thomas Tilly. Weidemann GmbH is a multinational agricultural machin- ery company based in Diemelsee-Flechtdorf in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. It produces hoftracs, wheel loaders, telescopic wheel load- ers and telehandlers, which are preferably used on farm- land for feeding, scattering, fertilising, loading and stacking.
Fonterra Fonterra Co-operative Group (FCG) has announced the permanent appointment of Miles Hurrell as its Chief Ex- ecutive Officer (CEO). Mr Hurrell had been the Co-opera- tive’s Interim CEO since August last year. He first joined Fonterra in 2000. His 19 years’ experience in the dairy in- dustry has spanned four continents, including roles in Europe, the United States, Middle East, Africa and Russia. Before taking up the role of interim CEO, Mr Hurrell was the Co-operative’s Chief Operating Officer of Farm Source – the unit responsible for working directly with the Co-op’s farmer-owners.
World Dairy Expo World Dairy Expo leaders elected officers at the annual March meetings of the Board of Directors, Commercial Ex- hibitor Committee and Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee. Comprised of dairy producers, business professionals and Expo exhibitors, these groups were also charged with set- ting new initiatives for the 2019 World Dairy Expo, October 1 through 5, during their respective meetings. The Commercial Exhibitor Committee elected Doug Williams, Kuhn North America, to serve as committee chair while re-electing Jane Griswold, Hoard’s Dairyman, as committee vice chair. Also some new members and the 2019-2020 officers were selected.
A4 Agri A/S A4 Agri A/S has appointed Christian Ørum as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A4 Agri is the mother company of the two milking equipment companies S. A. Christensen & Co. and Hokofarm Group. Together they develop, produce, install and service innova- tive full-line milking solutions to the modern dairy farmers around the world.
NEWS ▶▶▶ New vaccine against Rift Valley fever
A new vaccine against Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) has been developed and proven to be safe. Rift Valley fever virus is spread by mosquitoes and can cause serious illness in cattle. In newborn lambs, the disease leads to death and in pregnant ewes it leads to abortion. People usually get flu-like symptoms, but the virus can also cause serious illness and even death. RVF is currently not present in Europe, but there is a chance that the disease will spread. The development of a new vaccine against RVFV is an accomplishment of the Castellum research programme: a public-private partnership aimed at developing vaccines against zoonoses.
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), part of Wageningen University in the Netherlands has developed and tested the vaccine for safety and effica- cy at its laboratory and animal facilities. The new vaccine is a live-attenuated vi- rus that protects sheep, cattle and goats against RVF after a single admin- istration. The vaccine also proved com- pletely safe, even for young animals and during pregnancy. Furthermore, the vaccine is inexpensive to manufac- ture, which is particularly important for the market in Africa. The vaccine is cur- rently being evaluated in additional studies that are required for registering the vaccine in Europe.
Goat and sheep milk are in high demand. Emmi invests in goat and sheep milk
The Swiss dairy company Emmi has ac- quired a majority stake (66%) in Eu- rope’s leading suppliers of organic goat and sheep milk products – Leeb Bio- milch. This company was founded in 2001 and established a leading posi- tion in Europe for organic goat’s and sheep’s milk products in fresh and UHT milk, milk drinks and yogurt. It gener- ates annual sales of approximately € 15 million. Emmi’s goat’s milk network al- ready included companies in the US and Europe, which are all small to
medium-sized companies with attrac- tive positions in selected segments. Hubert Leeb and Jörg Hackenbuchner, the two current owners of Leeb Bio- milch will remain with the company in their current roles as managing direc- tors. No changes to staff are planned in other areas either. The transaction is expected to close in summer 2019, subject to approval by the Austrian Federal Competition Authority. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
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