The United Kingdom headquartered AB Agri has acquired IFCN AG, a Germany headquartered dairy research and consulting company. IFCN has supported the dairy industry globally for over 20 years with comprehensive dairy data, knowledge and events. Its mission is to help people in the dairy world to make better decisions. IFCN is built on three pillars, a network of researcher partners in over 100 countries, partnerships with over 130 dairy companies and organisations, all held together by a team of 20 dairy experts located in Kiel, Germany. IFCN will continue to operate on a standalone basis offering independent services. AB Agri is a daughter company of Associated British Foods (ABF) a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group headquartered in the UK also. Its ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes, and lactose. AB Agri manufactures animal feed, create nutrition and technology based products, and offers data services for the agri-food industry. The company employs almost 4000 people across the world, sell products into 84 countries. Associated British Foods plans to buy the UK stock market listed dairy technology company National Milk Records (NMR) to boost AB Agri.