R&D
New look for the Red Tractor brand
Red Tractor, the UK’s largest food and farming assurance scheme, has launched a new logo that aims to set out the credentials of the food which carries the branding. The new visual identity is designed to address some of the challenges that the British food and...
First EU approval for Corteva’s Inatreq fungicide
Corteva Agriscience has received the first European product registration for a fungicide containing its Inatreq (fenpicoxamid) active ingredient, claimed to be the first new product with unique target site activity against Septoria for 15 years. The active first...
NMR data for EU dairy health project
Integrated dairy and cow health service provider NMR is participating in the HappyMoo project, which aims to give dairy farmers early notification of issues relating to health and well-being in individual cows, before these become a problem and affect performance....
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...
High biomass clover for soil recovery
Forage crop specialist Germinal suggests that Fixation, its new high biomass annual clover, could offer dual benefits to farmers struggling with ground that has been waterlogged and left uncropped over winter. The company says that Fixation, which is included in...
Inorganic sulphate-free pre-mix from Massey Feeds
Independent feed manufacturer Massey Feeds says it is the first compounder in the UK to remove inorganic sulphates from its dairy mineral premixes. The Cheshire-based company claims this will improve both rumen performance and the efficiency of trace element...
