Novus joins sustainable agriculture platform

Novus International has become a new member of the SAI Platform alongside Cayuga Marketing LLC and General Mills.

SAI Platform is an organisation created by the food industry to communicate worldwide, and to actively support the development of, sustainable agriculture involving the different stakeholders of the food chain.

Cayuga Marketing LLC (CM) is comprised of 22 large farm business owners who own and manage assets in excess of US$300 million. The company milks about 28,000 mature cows at 28 sites and marketed 300 million litres of milk and had gross product sales over US$130 million in 2008.

General Mills is the world's sixth largest food company and employs more than 29,000 people worldwide. Its global brands include Betty Crocker, Häagen-Dazs, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso and Cheerios.

Novus International, Inc. creates animal health and nutrition solutions based on science. The Novus team is comprised of more than 600 people which includes doctors of Veterinary Medicine and Nutritionists.

The three new members will be actively participating in SAI Platform's activities, and in particular its Working Groups on Arable crops, Coffee, Dairy, Fruit as well as Water and Agriculture.