Innovation
Report calls for gene editing and feed regulation change
The development and commercial uptake of gene edited crops in the UK, simpler feed regulation and a system to measure agrifood chain sustainability are among the proposals put forward in a report on national regulatory reform. These among the 120 recommendations made...
NuFarm adds to hybrid weed control investment
Generic crop protection company Nufarm has bought an equity stake in the German agritech start-up CROP.ZONE. Late last year, the Australian multinational announced that it was collaborating with CROP.ZONE to help promote its innovative electrochemical weed control...
Cornish startup explores mealworm feed protein
A Cornish startup business has received local agri-tech funding to develop insect protein production from brewery wastes. It believes it could design substrates to provide insect feed ingredients suited to different livestock species. Entec Nutrition was established...
Queen’s Award for novel bio-insecticide
Cambridgeshire-based agricultural technology business AlphaBio Control is one of three agricultural businesses to have won Queen’s Awards this year. AlphaBio Control has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its bio-insecticide FLiPPER....
Bayer and RAGT to collaborate over European hybrid wheats
Multinational plant breeding businesses Bayer Crop Science and RAGT Semences have agreed a new partnership to develop hybrid wheat varieties suited to the European climate and markets. Combining RAGT germplasm with Bayer’s crop protection, seed production and digital...
Corteva launches new mode of action for Septoria in UK
Corteva Agriscience’s Inatreq fungicide active ingredient, offering curative and protectant control for wheat against all Septoria strains, is now approved for use in the UK in time for T2 applications. Branded Univoq, the company says that Inatreq is the first new...