Innovation
Care with hydroxy mineral choice
Hydroxy trace minerals, first developed by Trouw Nutrition subsidiary Micronutrients, are now widely available on the market, but feed companies should take care in sourcing to ensure the best performance in feed and within the animal, warns the company. “As the...
Plant science calls for Ag Bill access to gene editing
UK plant science businesses and institutions are seeking an amendment to the Agriculture Bill that would bring the UK definition of a genetically modified organism (GMO) in line with international, rather than EU regulations. The lobby warns that without proportionate...
Precision slug control in the field
A new Innovate UK grant-funded project seeks to establish a robotic system to monitor and control slugs in field crops using biopesticides. The SlugBot project is a collaboration between Agri-Tech catalyst Crop Health and Protection (CHAP), the Small Robot Company...
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...
SFT postpones Ruminant Conference and AGM
The Society of Feed Technologists (SFT) has postponed its Ruminant Conference and AGM that were scheduled to be held on Thursday April 2nd 2020 at the Windmill Hotel in Coventry. Instead, the event will now be held on Wednesday November 11th 2020 at the same venue....
Pathway to higher UK farm productivity
The Food and Drink Sector Council (FDSC) has released a report on raising agricultural productivity in the UK, a benchmark which has fallen behind competitor countries such as France, Holland, New Zealand and the US in recent years. The Council was established by then...