arable agriculture founded april 2005 headquarters witham st hughs lincoln ln6 9tn area served uk key people mark aitchison managing director products grain marketing & crop production revenue c. 1.5 bn number of employees c. 900 parent abf holdings ltd cargill plc website frontier agriculture frontier agriculture ltd is the uk s largest crop production and grain marketing business jointly owned by associated british foods and cargill plc. as at 2016 frontier has a market share of 20 % of the grain market trades around 5million mt of grain per annum and has an annual turnover in excess of 1.5 bn . the frontier seed business supplies 65 000 tonnes of seed to uk farmers . frontier employs 140 agronomists managing 750 000 hectares of land and supported by a national trials programme that consists of over 12 000 replicated plots . frontier is the largest uk distributor of fertiliser . frontier belongs to the trade assurance scheme for combinable crops run by the agricultural industries confederation . contents 1 history 2 structure 2.1 regional offices 2.2 divisions 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit allied grain owned by associated british foods abf and banks cargill agriculture merged in april 2005 to form frontier agriculture . allied grain was based in norfolk . banks cargill agriculture had been formed in february 2001 between cargill and sidney c banks a uk grain trader based in sandy . structure edit frontier s head office is in the village of witham st hughs south west of lincoln off the a46 . it has more than 900 employees in 43 regional offices across the uk . regional offices edit it has main offices at berwick upon tweed cranswick east yorkshire witham st hughs lincolnshire sandy bedfordshire diss norfolk andover hampshire divisions edit divisions of frontier include kings game cover and conservation crops kings provides an extensive range of products and expert advice on game cover and specialist conservation crops throughout the uk and europe . soyl precision crop production soyl provides expert services and support to growers wishing to use precision farming techniques to improve the economic agronomic and environmental performance of their farm business . soyl helps farmers to develop a precision farming system that ensures sustainable production for the future . nomix enviro nomix is a leading supplier of herbicide products and technical support services for amenity rail and industrial weed control in the uk . see also edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . october 2013 references edit external links edit frontier agriculture kings game cover and conservation crops soyl nomix enviro hgca cargill in the uk v t e cargill people cargill family austen s. cargill ii james r. cargill james r. cargill ii margaret anne cargill william w. cargill marianne cargill liebmann cargill macmillan jr cargill macmillan sr whitney macmillan gwendolyn sontheim meyer gregory r. page marion macmillan pictet warren staley subsidiaries cargill ltd. cargill meat solutions provimi wilbur chocolate company joint ventures frontier agriculture the mosaic company products rebiana robin hood flour truvia related articles 1971 iraq poison grain disaster alberger process criticisms of cargill v t e associated british foods current operations ab agri ltd abitec corporation abitec ltd argo cornstarch allied mills allinson british sugar frontier 50 % g costa george weston foods illovo sugar kingsmill mozolo oil ovaltine except usa patak s primark ryvita silver spoon sunblest twinings former operations burton s biscuits dairy wrap produce fine fare kingsway fresh foods lifestyle sports power supermarkets limited stewarts supermarkets limited people w. garfield weston garry weston george g. weston guy weston other garfield weston foundation george weston limited wittington investments category v t e agriculture in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom agriculture companies arla foods uk 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