Dairy agri-tech company National Milk Records (NMR) Limited has appointed a new managing director.
Mark Frankcom has been appointed to the position with immediate effect.
He has acted as interim managing director for the past year and replaces Andy Warne who retired in December 2023.
Frankcom originally joined NMR as a finance director in 2016 and was previously a director of finance at Milk Link Ltd.
Commenting on Frankcom’s appointment, AB Agri chief executive José Nobre said: “Mark has been acting as interim MD for a while, smoothly taking the baton from Andy Warne.
“He has been instrumental in the success of NMR since he joined in 2016 as finance director.
“I am truly excited for the future of NMR as part of the AB Agri family.”
2023 NMR RABDF Gold Cup
Bisterne Farm was crowned the winner of the 2023 NMR RABDF Gold Cup award this week with its crossbred, low input, grass-based herd.
The farm, based in Ringwood, Hampshire, was given the award at Dairy-Tech 2024 on Wednesday (February 7).
Estate owner Hallam Mills and contract farming partner George Brown are milking 600 cows within the 1,500ha estate, focusing on producing milk from grazed grass.
They produce 3,730L of milk from forage and have a target to reach 4,000L with cows yielding 550kg of milk solids/cow/lactation.
Current average yield is 6,282kg of milk at 5.06% butterfat and 3.84% protein from this spring and autumn block calving herd.
Teamwork at Bisterne Farm is one of the attributes that stood out for this year’s judges, which included the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers’ (RABDF) chair Robert Craig and trustee Di Wastenage.
National Milk Records’ (NMR) veterinary adviser Dr Karen Bond and 2020 Gold Cup winner Essex dairy farmer John Torrance were also judging for the award.
