Agronomy Services
Cawood Group acquires Marchwood Scientific Services
The Cawood Scientific Group has acquired the privately-owned independent laboratory business Marchwood Scientific Services. The move adds further capability to Cawood’s operations – it is already the UK’s largest provider of land-based analytical testing services....
Weed species to lift falling insect numbers
A new study from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) suggests weeds may help to reverse a decline in the number and diversity of invertebrates. More insects means more food for birds and possibly for pollinators, and may provide some degree of natural...
Management change at Cawood Scientific
Cawood Scientific, the UK’s largest independent supplier of analytic services to the land-based sector through brands including NRM Laboratories, Sciantec and Sci-tech, has appointed two new directors as Nigel Patrick and Linda Radnor step down from operational...
Consolidation in US precision farming sector
US engineering business Raven Industries, which specialises in precision agriculture applications, has agreed to buy the remaining equity and majority stake in Dot Technology Corporation, the Canadian developer of autonomous field scale farm machinery. The Dot Power...
Airbus satellite technology for Agrimetrics data platform
A digital crop analytics service developed by aviation business Airbus is now available through the Agrimetrics’ Agri-food Data Marketplace which was launched last month. Airbus describes its Verde package as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered crop analytics...
Yorkshire agronomist for Agrovista
National agronomy services business Agrovista has appointed Dan Janney to its Yorkshire agronomist team. He will be based in Driffield. Mr Janney stared his career with Eurofins in trials work before joining Frontier Agriculture as a trainee agronomist nine years ago....