Innovation
Calf pen monitoring system through Digital Dairy Chain
A project through the government funded Digital Dairy Chain initiative to use data to improve dairy chain efficiency in southwest Scotland and Cumbria, has resulted in an innovative calf environment monitoring system. The Digital...
Grain swimming robot attracts £50k R&D funding
"Grain swimming" robot developer Crover has secured £50,000 of Innovate UK funding to progress its study of the device’s remote autonomous operation. Edinburgh-based Crover’s robotic grain storage management system uses a robot in...
Fortified insect protein trial for poultry diets
A feasibility study led by scientists at Nottingham Trent University and agri-tech company Flybox will rear fly larvae on food waste that has been nutritionally enhanced with natural minerals before being added to broiler poultry...
AB Agri partners start-up for plant-based animal health product
AB Agri is working with the agri-tech company Aceae Nutra on an innovative tomato-based animal health product that could replace synthetic veterinary pharmaceuticals. Aceae Nutra was established in 2018 to develop novel animal and...
Hartpury becomes LEAF Innovation Centre
The Hartpury Agri-Tech Centre in Gloucestershire, part of Hartpury University, has joined Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)’s network of Innovation Centres and demonstration farms. Hartpury says the partnership, in its 75th...
Cargill opts for sustainable soya in starter diets
Cargill Animal Nutrition UK has replaced the soya in its pre-starter and starter pig and poultry diets with a sustainable source. The company’s Neopigg Max piglet diets and the pre-starter chick diet Neochicc now use Triple S soya,...
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