Technology
New chair for Biotalys
Belgium-based agri-tech company Biotalys, which specialises in biological crop protection products, has appointed Simon Moroney as chairman of its board. Mr Moroney has over 30 years of industry leadership and research experience. He was co-founder and chief executive...
Hutchinsons adds carbon mapping to TerraMap service
National agronomy services business Hutchinsons has launched the UK’s first carbon mapping service - TerraMap Carbon. It says the tool will enable farmers and growers to measure the carbon in their soils to show they are meeting climate change mitigation targets. The...
NMR opens dairy genomics laboratory
Dairy recording and herd health monitoring business NMR opened its new custom-built genomic testing laboratory in the West Midlands last month and has already completed the first 1,000 tests UK dairy cattle. The £400,000 genotyping facility includes robotic sampling...
AgriProtein enters administration
The UK interests of the Insect Technology Group – which trades as AgriProtein – are in administration. AgriProtein was established in Johannesburg in 2008 to grow soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae on organic wastes and process them into a sustainable source of...
New look for Dyson’s farming
One of the UK’s largest farming businesses, Beeswax Dyson Farming has changed its name to Dyson Farming, a simplification the company says “reflects the growing symbiotic relationship between the Dyson technology business and the farms”. The Beeswax Dyson brand was...
New chief for herbicide start-up
MoA Technology, the Oxford University start-up specialising in new herbicide modes of action, has appointed a chief executive to oversee business growth. The Oxford-based business was spun out of the University in 2018 with the aim of developing next generation...