R&D
Arla to trial DSM methane feed additive in Europe
Royal DSM’s innovative methane-reducing ruminant feed additive Bovaer is to be trialled across three European countries by milk processor Arla Foods, while Elanco Animal Health is to distribute the product in the US. Bovaer,...
Herdvision automates lameness scoring
A UK agri-tech business has introduced a new system to automate dairy cow mobility and body condition scoring, using 3D imagery, to improve herd productivity and welfare. The HerdVision system is part of Lancaster-based AgSenze’s...
Bayer acquires cereal N fixing technology
Bayer Crop Science has restructured its research partnership with the US biotechnology business Ginkgo Bioworks to help speed up progress with biological approaches to plant nitrogen optimisation, carbon sequestration and next...
Trials show Interagro biostimulants aid crop N efficiency
Glasshouse research work at the University of Nottingham has quantified the benefits of two Interagro biostimulant products – the cereal seed treatment Newton and the foliar growth enhancer Bridgeway. The work, carried out by Dr...
NMR to provide dairy genomics services to Genus
Chippenham-based National Milk Records (NMR) has won a five-year contract to provide UK multinational livestock breeding company Genus with genomic testing and evaluation for female cattle in the UK. Genus will use NMR’s GeneEze...
Cereal tissue analysis service from NRM
Analytical laboratory NRM, a Cawood Group business, has launched CropCheck, a new plant tissue analysis package that provides growers with nutrient values specific to crop growth stages. CropCheck measures the nutrients a plant...