AgCareers.com Canada acquires De Lacy Executive AgCareers.com Canada is pleased to announce that it has acquired De Lacy Executive, the premier agri-business recruitment consultancy in the United Kingdom. AgCareers.com Canada is part of the Farms.com Group of Companies. The sales closed June 1, 2016. “De Lacy Executive has a unique search and selection recruitment service based upon integrity and profound industry knowledge,” says Graham Dyer, Farms.com President and CEO. “We are thrilled to add this excellent team to our group. It will be ‘business as usual’ for this professional team as we add to its portfolio of services and spread the model to other sectors of UK land based business and to other parts of the world, benefitting our clientele and jobseekers. Combined with our AgCareers.com and CareersInFood.com job boards, we have an increasingly international solution for the agriculture and food industries.” De Lacy founder, John Davies, will remain as Managing Director with De Lacy Executive. “I believe the acquisition by AgCareers.com Canada provides additional products and services for the benefit of our clients and candidates - plus growth opportunities for us, both in the UK and in international markets,” says Davies. “This change will increase our resource pool and ensure an even greater selection of top quality candidates for our recruitment clients.” About the Farms.com Group of Companies Farms.com is a leading supplier of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries. The Farms.com Group of Companies focuses the following solutions for the global agriculture and food sector: Careers Farms.com owns and operates AgCareers.com, the leading human resources website for the agriculture and food industry, and CareersInFood.com is the number 1 job board for the food and beverage processing sector. CareersInGrocery.com is also an important offering within this careers group. Media & Publishing The Farms.com network of sites welcome thousands of commercial farmers and agribusiness professionals each day and is a trusted source of information to browse the latest agriculture news, expert commentaries, and videos. In addition to news, the Farms.com portal features classifieds, used-farm-equipment, and farm and rural property real estate listings for its customer base. In addition to the URL Farms.com, the network of sites includes Agriville.com, AgSearch.com, USFarmer.com. On the publishing side, the Farms.com Group of Companies includes a number of print offerings including Ag Buyer’s Guide, US Farmer, Better Farming and Better Pork magazines. Software and Services Farms.com owns and operates global swine software leader PigCHAMP, as well as Farms.com Professional services -- a full service consulting group that offers programming, and website related services such as hosting. Farming and Production Farms.com is proud to own and operate its own farm, Port Dover Farms, a 2,000-acre cash crop farm (corn, soybeans, wheat) that also produces energy through a number of wind and solar installations. In addition to the United Kingdom, the Farms.com Group of Companies also has offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and India. |