R&D
DDGS testing service launched
Speciality chemical company Evonik has introduced a new test for distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) used in livestock feed production. DDGS is the nutrient rich co-product of dry-milled ethanol production, used as a feed ingredient to provide supplementary...
read moreEU approval for BASF’s Revysol fungicide
BASF has gained EU approval for its new cereal fungicide Revysol. The company says Revysol, the first isopropanol-azole to be introduced to the market, is a novel tool in the fight against pathogen resistance. The first product registrations are for cereals, and...
read moreHelix to link farm technology, knowledge and advice
Agronomy services business Hutchinsons has launched a new initiative to simplify the fast developing range of crop-based technologies and innovations into an easy-to-use and effective resource at farm level. “We are being exposed to a plethora of technologies such as...
read moreMachine learning to identify bTB infections
Livestock scientists at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have been awarded £337,000 for a project which will use highly advanced computers to predict the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) status of dairy cows. The researchers will use ‘deep learning’, a branch of machine...
read moreASF in China dents Genus interim profit
An increase in bovine product revenues at global animal breeding business Genus was balanced by a decline in porcine sales, to leave group sales unchanged for the first half of its financial year. The UK-listed company has reported an operating loss of £6.3 million on...
read morePulses as part of a sustainable rotation
The UK is co-ordinating a European project involving 24 institutions that seeks to raise arable system sustainability through growing leguminous crops. The TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE) programme aims to identify the best routes...
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