A consortium of drone experts believes it could unblock the regulatory hurdles impeding the widespread use of drones in agriculture, such as allowing flights beyond the visual line of sight; aerial applications of key crop protection...
The Dutch livestock agritech business Animal Health Vision (AHV) has appointed Dr Jan van Dijk as its new veterinary technical adviser for the UK. Founded in 2014, AHV has developed a quorum sensing technology that it says disrupts...
Roundworms, liver fluke and lungworm are costing UK livestock producers £270 million in lost production and treatment expenditure every year, according to a study published in the Preventive Veterinary Medicine journal. The study examined the economic burden of major...
Professor Nicola Williams, chair of zoonotic bacterial disease at the University of Liverpool has joined the independent scientific group that advises the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance. She will provide insight to the cross industry...
Trouw Nutrition GB has added two new ruminant technical advisors to its technical support team based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The company says the move follows growing demand for customer and product support. Laura Drury, from a family beef farm in Derbyshire,...
A £1 million, three year research project is to work on the causes of lameness in dairy cows, in order to develop novel preventive and treatment strategies. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is funding the project, which will be led by...