R&D
GB approval for BASF’s new Luximo herbicide
The market authorisation for BASF’s new class of grassweed herbicide chemistry marks the first new mode of action for two decades and the first product cleared through the independent approval process in Great Britain since Brexit....
New body to set farm data standards
A new, independent Council has been formed to standardise British farm data governance in order to improve trust in data across the agrifood chain through a recognisable industry mark for data operators. The British Farm Data Council...
New BASIS register for environmental advisers
Independent awarding body BASIS has expanded its professional membership services with the launch of a professional register for anyone who delivers environmental advice to farmers and land managers across the UK. The BASIS...
Yara pioneers the use of recycled plastic in its big bags
Fertiliser manufacture Yara UK & Ireland is to increase the percentage of recycled plastic in its big bags, without any compromise in the packaging’s technical performance. The move both reduces the potential for plastic to...
Platform to share farm R&D trials and findings
The Trinity Natural Capital Group, the UK-registered business behind the Sandy digital agriculture program, has launched a new platform to link farmers, researchers and other innovators to collaborate and “accelerate the pace of...
Agrifood Centre for Excellence opens in Belfast
A new Centre for Excellence in Agriculture and Food Integrity has opened at Queen’s University in Belfast to link innovation and data science to benefit the agrifood chain. The Centre is part of a partnership between Queen’s...